Eva Lys shocks Mccartney Kessler 7-6(7) 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Osaka on Wednesday. Lys will seek to keep on going in this event against Aoi Ito in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Highlights Eva Lys vs. Mccartney Kessler Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Lys won this contest even if she scored less points than Mccartney (113 vs. 118).
Lys
The German was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Kessler
On the other side, Mccartney was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (6/10). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Lys and Kessler is 2-0 for Eva.
Draw and next match H2H: Eva Lys vs. Aoi Ito – stats
Lys will take on Ito in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Eva Lys and Aoi Ito since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Eva won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Kessler tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Anyhow, Eva stayed solid to win the set 7-6.
Eva converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). In addition on the other side, Mccartney converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, Eva won this set even if she scored less points 6 than Mccartney (44-50). The German surrendered 26 points on serve (25-26). on the other side of the net, Kessler conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Kessler was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 56 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the German (32-24). The American surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Lys took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Mccartney Kessler in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Eva to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 7th (4-3) game. Eva maintained her cool to break Kessler in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Lys converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Mccartney converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 81 points. Lys conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the American (44-37). The German conceded 16 points on serve (21-16). On the losing side, Mccartney conceded 23 points on serve (21-23).
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
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