Clara Tauson vanquishes Harriet Dart 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Osaka on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to square off with Greetje Minnen or Diane Parry in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs. Harriet Dart Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tauson scored 72 points vs. the Brit’s 55.
Tauson
The Dane served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind her first serve. However she won only 43% points (10/23) on her second serve. Clara won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Dart
On the other side, the Brit was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Tauson and Dart is 3-0 for Clara.
Draw and next match H2H: Clara Tauson vs. Greetje Minnen or Diane Parry – stats
Tauson will face either Greetje Minnen or Diane Parry in the 3rd round. The head to head is 2-0 vs. Greetje Minnen and 0-0 vs. Diane Parry.
Live score progression and stats
Clara won the set after she broke Harriet in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Harriet tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Clara maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Tauson converted 16% of her break points (2/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th
(4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Harriet converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).They played 84 points. Clara conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Dart (48-36). Tauson dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). In addition, on the other side, Harriet conceded 29 points on serve (26-29).
Tauson didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Harriet Dart in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for the Dane to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Dane was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Clara didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The Dane was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Dart (24-19). Clara conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 7 points on serve (11-7).
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Eva LysLys – Mccartney KesslerKessler (7-67 3-6 7-5)
- Clara TausonTauson – Harriet DartDart (6-3 6-2)
- Aoi ItoIto – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3)
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (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
- Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H details and stats