Ekaterina Alexandrova downs Jovic in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Sabalenka at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Ekaterina Alexandrova downs Iva Jovic 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in New York on Wednesday. Alexandrova will have to play Aryna Sabalenka in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 1 minute. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

New York

Alexandrova's Record

Ekaterina added to her prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ekaterina will add $ 110,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova

Jovic

4-6 6-4 7-5
3h:01

112

112

Total points

106

106

39

39

Winners

32

32

35%

35%

Ratio Winners

30%

30%

61

61

Unforced

32

32

66%

66%

Ratio Unforced

34%

34%

10/11

10/11

Net Approaches

2/2

2/2

91%

91%

Perc

100%

100%

-- Serve --

9

9

Aces

1

1

8

8

Double Faults

3

3

50%

50%

1st in

49%

49%

74%

74%

1st won

58%

58%

39/53

39/53

1st won

32/55

32/55

40%

40%

2nd won

49%

49%

21/53

21/53

2nd won

28/57

28/57

177

177

Fastest serve

165

165

164

164

AVG 1^st Serve

150

150

129

129

AVG 2^nd Serve

120

120

-- Break Points --

6/13

6/13

Total

5/13

5/13

46%

46%

Won

38%

38%

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At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 112 points vs. Jovic’s 106.

Alexandrova

The Russian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.

Jovic

On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Jovic is 1-0 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Alexandrova will square off with Sabalenka in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 7^th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Alexandrova and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-0 in the 4^th round in London back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Alexandrova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Iva Jovic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Jovic to win the set because Ekaterina succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Iva kept her focus to break the Russian in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Jovic failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

The American was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40), the 7^th (4-3 0-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ekaterina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5^th (1-3 0-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Jovic was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Ekaterina (29-25). Iva lost 14 points on serve (14-14). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alexandrova clinched in the 5^th game (3-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).

Alexandrova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5^th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 62 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Iva (34-28). The Russian surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

Alexandrova won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Jovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Alexandrova didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.

Alexandrova converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the American converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (2-3 0-40), the 10^th (4-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 40-A).

They contested 102 points. Ekaterina won 4 points more than the American (53-49). The Russian surrendered 25 points on serve (29-25). on the other side of the net, Iva conceded 24 points on serve (24-24).

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

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• Donna VekicVekic – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-5 6-1)
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• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-1)
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Clara BurelBurel (6-1 6-4)
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iva JovicJovic (4-6 6-4 7-5)
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-4 7-5)
• Yafan WangWang – Diane ParryParry (6-0 6-4)
• Madison KeysKeys – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-0)
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 6-0)
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-1 6-2)
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 7-6³)
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 7-5)
• Elise MertensMertens – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-3 6-2)
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-7³ 6-1 6-2)

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