Ana Bogdan upsets Marie Bouzkova 6-0 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Osaka on Thursday. Bogdan will clash against Suzan Lamens in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Highlights Ana Bogdan vs. Marie Bouzkova Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ana scored 76 points vs. the Czech’s 59.
Bogdan
Ana won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Bouzkova
On the other side, Marie was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Bogdan and Bouzkova is 3-0 for Ana.
Draw and next match H2H: Ana Bogdan vs. Suzan Lamens – stats
Bogdan will take on Lamens in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Ana Bogdan and Suzan Lamens since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided as the Romanian conceded no games to Marie before winning the set 6-0.
Ana converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 4th (4-0 0-40) and the 7th game (6–1 0-40). On the other side, Marie wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Ana won 21 points more than Marie (35-14). The Romanian conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). on the other side of the net, Bouzkova conceded 20 points on serve (6-20).
The Romanian won the set after she broke the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Marie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Bogdan didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
The Romanian missed the chance to break the Czech in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Romanian won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Czech won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Romanian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Bouzkova converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Romanian won this set even if she scored less points 6 than Marie (40-46). Ana lost 24 points on serve (24-24). On the losing side, Bouzkova conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-0 7-65)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 7-5 4-1 ret.)
- Sara SaitoSaito – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (7-62 6-4)
- Diane ParryParry – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 6-2)
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-4)
- 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)
Upcoming matches
- Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Suzan LamensLamens – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Diane ParryParry – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H details and stats