Tamara Zidansek stuns Volynets in the 2nd round to battle vs Podoroska. HIGHLIGHTS – HUA HIN RESULTS

Tamara Zidansek stuns Katie Volynets 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Hua Hin on Thursday. Zidansek will try to keep the momentum against Nadia Podoroska in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Hua Hin

Zidansek's Record

The Slovenian added to her prize money $ 2,568 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,608 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tamara will add $ 5,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,610 in total.

Highlights Tamara Zidansek vs. Katie Volynets Thailand Open – Hua Hin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zidansek

Volynets

3-6 6-4 6-4
2h:37

84

84

Total points

89

89

34

34

Winners

40

40

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

0

0

8

8

Double Faults

1

1

57%

57%

1st in

78%

78%

65%

65%

1st won

63%

63%

34/52

34/52

1st won

40/64

40/64

46%

46%

2nd won

56%

56%

18/39

18/39

2nd won

10/18

10/18

-- Break Points --

4/12

4/12

Total

4/9

4/9

33%

33%

Won

44%

44%

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The Slovenian won this match even if she scored less points than the American (84 vs. 89).

Zidansek

Tamara won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Volynets

On the other side, Katie was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Zidansek and Volynets is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Tamara Zidansek vs. Nadia Podoroska – stats

Zidansek will square off with Podoroska in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Tamara Zidansek and Nadia Podoroska fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zidansek (see full H2H stats), but Podoroska has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Podoroska won 6-1 6-0 in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Volynets won the set after she broke Tamara 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Tamara tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, Volynets stayed solid to win the set 6-3.

Katie failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

Zidansek was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Katie was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 0-40), the 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, Zidansek was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Katie conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Tamara (37-21). The American dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, Tamara conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Slovenian grabbed in the 3^rd game (2-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Zidansek converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Zidansek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 61 points. Tamara won 9 more points than Volynets (35-26). The Slovenian dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

The Slovenian won the set after she broke Katie in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (3-2) game. Katie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Yet, Tamara didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.

Tamara converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5^th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Katie converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 0^th (1-1 30-40), the 4^th (1-2 0-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Slovenian won just 2 points more than Katie (28-26). Zidansek surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). On the losing side, the American conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

Tennis Scores in Hua Hin

• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Magda LinetteLinette (7-6⁵ 6-4)
• Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Xinyu WangWang (7-6⁶ 3-6 7-5)
• Mai HontamaHontama – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (2-6 6-4 6-1)
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-3)
• Jana FettFett – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (w/o)
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Katie VolynetsVolynets (3-6 6-4 6-4)
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Xiyu WangWang (7-6³ 4-6 7-6¹)

Upcoming matches

• Xinyu GaoGao – Arianne HartonoHartono (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jana FettFett – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-1) – H2H details and stats