Viktoriya Tomova wins against Ashlyn Krueger 1-6 7-6(8) 7-5 in the 1st round in Wuhan on Tuesday. Tomova will have to play Cori Gauff in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Highlights Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ashlyn Krueger Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tomova won this match even if she won less points than Krueger (120 vs. 121).
Tomova
Tomova was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Krueger
On the other side, Krueger was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tomova and Krueger is 1-0 for Viktoriya.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktoriya Tomova vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Tomova will play Gauff in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Viktoriya Tomova and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Tomova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Ashlyn Krueger in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The American reinforced her lead after breaking Tomova in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Viktoriya was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The American was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Ashlyn was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Bulgarian (33-24). The American lost 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tomova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Ashlyn Krueger in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Viktoriya to win the set since Krueger succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Viktoriya maintained her cool to break the American in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (7-6).
Viktoriya converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 109 points. It’s worth to point out that, Viktoriya won this set even if she scored less points 3 than the American (53-56). Viktoriya surrendered 22 points on serve (26-22). On the other side, Krueger conceded 27 points on serve (34-27).
Tomova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Ashlyn Krueger in the 2nd
game (2-0). However, the Bulgarian found the way to come back to break Ashlyn 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).The Bulgarian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
Tomova converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 8th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Krueger converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 0th
(2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A).They contested 74 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the American (41-33). Tomova lost 23 points on serve (22-23). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (10-19).
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