Mirra Andreeva grounds Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in Ningbo on Monday after playing a tremendous match to come up against Tamara Korpatsch in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 55 minutes.
Highlights Mirra Andreeva vs. Varvara Lepchenko Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
0h:55
At the end of the match, Mirra scored 55 points vs. Varvara’s 25.
Andreeva
Mirra served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (25/29) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (5/9) on her second serve. Andreeva was stunning in converting all the break points (5/5).
Lepchenko
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Andreeva and Lepchenko is 1-0 for Mirra.
Draw and next match H2H: Mirra Andreeva vs. Tamara Korpatsch – stats
Andreeva will compete against Korpatsch in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Mirra Andreeva and Tamara Korpatsch play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Andreeva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Andreeva won 6-0 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Cleveland back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Andreeva didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Lepchenko in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Russian extended her lead after breaking Varvara in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Lepchenko surrendered the 3rd game (3-0) when she was serving and leading 40-0. It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Andreeva won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Andreeva was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Lepchenko was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 56 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 14 points more than the American (35-21). Mirra lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Varvara conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
Lepchenko didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Andreeva won the set 6-0.
Andreeva was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 24 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Lepchenko (20-4). Andreeva was flawless on serve to concede only 1 point during her serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Varvara conceded 8 points on serve (3-8).
Tennis Scores in Ningbo
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-0)
- Xiyu WangWang – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 6-0)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-2 6-0)
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Anna BondarBondar (6-74 7-66 6-4)
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