Yuliia Starodubtseva surprises Anna Kalinskaya 7-5 6-0 in the 4th round in Beijing on Tuesday after playing a superlative match to square off with Cori Gauff in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Starodubtsewa added to her prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yulia will add $ 140,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Anna Kalinskaya China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yulia scored 72 points vs. Anna’s 55.
Starodubtsewa
Starodubtsewa was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Kalinskaya
On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Starodubtsewa and Kalinskaya is 1-0 for Yulia.
Draw and next match H2H: Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Starodubtsewa will square off with Gauff in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Yuliia Starodubtseva and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Ukrainian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Yulia broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Yulia failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Starodubtsewa converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 91 points. The Ukrainian won 5 more points than Anna (48-43). Yulia conceded 21 points on serve (31-21). on the other side of the court, Anna conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
Kalinskaya didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and the Ukrainian won the set 6-0.
Starodubtsewa converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 36 points. Starodubtsewa won 12 more points than Kalinskaya (24-12). Starodubtsewa was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (9-4). on the other side of the court, Kalinskaya conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (3-6 6-4 ret.)
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-2)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 6-0)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-0)
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