Marta Kostyuk outlasts Elina Avanesyan 4-6 7-5 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Wuhan on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Kostyuk will face Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Elina Avanesyan Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marta scored 117 points vs. Elina’s 112.
Kostyuk
Marta was effective when converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).
Avanesyan
On the other side, the Armenian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 64% of the break points that she conquered points (7/11). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Avanesyan is 2-0 for Marta.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats
Kostyuk will play Anisimova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Marta Kostyuk and Amanda Anisimova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kostyuk won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk had a racing start in this set after breaking Elina Avanesyan in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Avanesyan to win the set as Kostyuk succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Avanesyan maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Ukrainian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4. However also Kostyuk won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
The Armenian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Ukrainian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 90 points. This set was so close that, Avanesyan won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Elina surrendered 27 points on serve (31-27). on the other side of the net, Marta conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Marta won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Kostyuk broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Ukrainian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Armenian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Marta was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Elina (34-29). Kostyuk surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). On the other side, Avanesyan conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Kostyuk conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Elina Avanesyan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Ukrainian to win the set since Elina found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Ukrainian maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
The Ukrainian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Elina won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Ukrainian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Avanesyan was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They played 76 points. This set was so close that, Marta won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Marta lost 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
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