Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeats Jessika Ponchet 6-4 5-7 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Osaka on Monday. Cocciaretto will face off with Aoi Ito in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes.
Highlights Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Jessika Ponchet Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cocciaretto scored 128 points vs. Ponchet’s 127.
Cocciaretto
Elisabetta won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Ponchet
On the other side, the French player was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 30% – 6/20). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cocciaretto and Ponchet is 1-0 for Elisabetta.
Draw and next match H2H: Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Aoi Ito – stats
Cocciaretto will square off with Ito in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Aoi Ito since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cocciaretto got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jessika Ponchet in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Italian refused to bow to come back to break the French player in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Cocciaretto wasted a good opportunity to break Jessika in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A crucial moment of this set was when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Elisabetta converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 4th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Ponchet converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 87 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Jessika (46-41). Elisabetta conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). on the other side of the court, Ponchet conceded 24 points on serve (25-24).
Ponchet won the set after she broke the Italian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Elisabetta tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th
(3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Ponchet didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Jessika was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Elisabetta was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-3 40-A), the 8th (3-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They played 92 points. Ponchet was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Elisabetta (50-42). Jessika dropped 19 points on serve (24-19). on the other side of the net, Cocciaretto conceded 26 points on serve (23-26
).Cocciaretto had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessika Ponchet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Elisabetta managed to stage a great comeback to break the French player in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Cocciaretto won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 4th (2-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Ponchet won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 2nd (2-0) point.
Cocciaretto won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Cocciaretto was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40). On the other side, Jessika converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 76 points. The Italian won 4 more points than Ponchet (40-36). Cocciaretto dropped 18 points on serve (30-18). On the losing side, Jessika conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
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