Katie Volynets downs Clara Tauson 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Hua Hin on Monday. Volynets will clash against Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Volynets added to her prize money $ 1,150 after winning this match. She has already won $ 4,040 after this win. If she wins the next match, Katie will add $ 2,568 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,608 in total.
Highlights Katie Volynets vs. Clara Tauson Thailand Open – Hua Hin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Volynets scored 103 points vs. Tauson’s 95.
Volynets
The American was well focused in converting 69% of the break points that she conquered (9/13).
Tauson
On the other side, the Dane was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she conquered points (8/10). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Volynets and Tauson is 1-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Volynets vs. Tamara Zidansek – stats
Volynets will compete against Zidansek in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Volynets and Tamara Zidansek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Volynets (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Volynets won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Hua Hin back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Volynets came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Katie refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Clara 5 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set (7-6).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 0.
Volynets converted 62% of her break points (5/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40), the 9th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40), the 11th (5-6 0-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Dane converted 83% of her break points (5/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40).
They contested 98 points. Katie was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Clara (53-45). Volynets dropped 26 points on serve (21-26). In addition, on the other side, Tauson conceded 32 points on serve (19-32).
Volynets was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, Tauson was not done to come back to break the American 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Clara failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Volynets was not able to offer any resistance in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-4 to 6-4.
Clara was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40), the 7th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Katie was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40).
They contested 60 points. Clara won 6 points more than Volynets (33-27). Clara conceded 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Volynets was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for the American to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Katie converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Katie was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Clara (22-16). Volynets was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Tauson conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
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