Elina Avanesyan beats the defending champion Ashlyn Krueger 7-6(1) 6-3 in the 1st round in Osaka on Tuesday. Avanesyan will face off with Sara Saito in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Highlights Elina Avanesyan vs. Ashlyn Krueger Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
At the end of the match, Elina scored 78 points vs. the American’s 62.
Avanesyan
The Armenian was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).
Krueger
On the other side, Ashlyn had some problems converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Avanesyan and Krueger is 1-0 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Avanesyan vs. Sara Saito – stats
Avanesyan will compete against Saito in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Elina Avanesyan and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Armenian won the set after she broke Krueger in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Ashlyn tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Avanesyan kept the situation under control to win the set 7-6.
There was an important spell in this set when Elina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1. Yet also Krueger won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Elina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Ashlyn converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 86 points. Elina was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Ashlyn (48-38). Avanesyan conceded 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Krueger conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Avanesyan had a strong start of this set after breaking Ashlyn Krueger in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Armenian to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Avanesyan kept her focus to break Krueger in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Avanesyan converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Krueger converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-4 0-40).
They contested 54 points. Avanesyan conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the American (29-25). The Armenian lost 15 points on serve (12-15). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (7-66 2-6 6-3)
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-61 6-3)
- Elise MertensMertens – Mai HontamaHontama (6-1 6-1)
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-2)
- Diane ParryParry – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (4-6 7-64 6-1)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-2 6-3)
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-0)
- Eva LysLys – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-3)
- Sara SaitoSaito – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-3 6-2)
- Harriet DartDart – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (3-6 7-5 7-5)
- Aoi ItoIto – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 3-6 7-5)
- Clara TausonTauson – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-4)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (6-4 6-1)
- Suzan LamensLamens – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-2)
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Jessika PonchetPonchet (6-4 5-7 7-63)
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Eva LysLys – Mccartney KesslerKessler (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Diane ParryParry – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Harriet DartDart – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H details and stats
