Varvara Gracheva overcomes Hontama in the 1st round to collide vs Annie Fernandez at the Toray Pan Pacific Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Gracheva hustles Hontama to square off with Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Varvara-Gracheva-vs-Mai-Hontama

Varvara Gracheva gets by Mai Hontama 6-1 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Monday. Gracheva will fight against Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.

Gracheva
Tokyo
Gracheva's Record

The French player added to her prize money $ 3,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gracheva will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.

Highlights Varvara Gracheva vs. Mai Hontama Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gracheva
Hontama
Varvara Gracheva
6-1 7-64
1h:37
Mai Hontama
75
75
Total points
60
60
27
27
Winners
22
22
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
68%
68%
1st in
61%
61%
60%
60%
1st won
52%
52%
27/45
27/45
1st won
22/42
22/42
57%
57%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/21
12/21
2nd won
11/27
11/27
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
3/5
3/5
50%
50%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Gracheva scored 75 points vs. Mai’s 60.

Gracheva

The French player didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Hontama

On the other side, Hontama didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Gracheva and Hontama is 1-0 for Varvara.

Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Gracheva vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez – stats

Gracheva will face Annie Fernandez in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Leylah Annie Fernandez face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Annie Fernandez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Annie Fernandez won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Washington back in 2023.

Varvara Gracheva Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Gracheva 6-1
GrachevaHontama
6
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
GrachevaHontama
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GrachevaHontama
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GrachevaHontama
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GrachevaHontama
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaHontama
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GrachevaHontama
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
GrachevaHontama
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Gracheva was far too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Hontama 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

Mai couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Gracheva converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Gracheva was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Mai (34-20). The French player dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Hontama conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

2nd Set -
Gracheva 7-6
GrachevaHontama
7
6
G
1
0
H
1
1
H
1
2
G
1
3
G
2
3
H
3
3
H
4
3
G
4
4
G
5
4
H
6
4
H
7
4
GrachevaHontama
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaHontama
5
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
GrachevaHontama
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaHontama
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GrachevaHontama
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
GrachevaHontama
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
GrachevaHontama
2
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaHontama
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GrachevaHontama
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GrachevaHontama
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaHontama
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Gracheva won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game, The French player broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-4.

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Varvara won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Japanese won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The French player converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 8th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Hontama converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).

They played 81 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Gracheva won only 1 point more than Hontama (41-40). Varvara dropped 20 points on serve (20-20). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).

1st
Gracheva
Hontama
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Gracheva
Hontama
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
 

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