Ekaterina Alexandrova downs Iva Jovic 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Alexandrova will have to play Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd 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.
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
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 3rd round.
This will be the 7th 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 4th 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 2nd 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 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Iva kept her focus to break the Russian in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (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 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ekaterina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th 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 5th 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 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th 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 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Jovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (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 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th 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 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th 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).
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