Zeynep Sonmez surprises Magdalena Frech 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Monday. Sonmez will face off with Sayaka Ishii or Sara Saito in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes.
Sonmez added to her prize money $ 3,770 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Turk will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magdalena Frech Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Zeynep won this match even if she won less points than Frech (83 vs. 89).
Sonmez
Sonmez won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Frech
On the other side, Frech was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Sonmez and Frech is 1-0 for Zeynep.
Draw and next match H2H: Zeynep Sonmez vs. Sayaka Ishii or Sara Saito – stats
Sonmez will take on either Sayaka Ishii or Sara Saito in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Sayaka Ishii and 1-0 vs. Sara Saito.
Live score progression and stats
Sonmez started the set in the best possible way after breaking Magdalena Frech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Pole improved her lead after breaking the Turk in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when the Pole won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Frech was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Turk was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Sonmez (34-23). The Pole conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, Sonmez conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Sonmez was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Magdalena Frech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Turk to win the set as Frech managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Sonmez kept her cool to break Frech in the 10th (6-4) game.
Sonmez failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Sonmez was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the Pole converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 6th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 69 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Zeynep won barely 1 point more than Magdalena (35-34). Sonmez lost 16 points on serve (22-16). On the losing side, Frech conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sonmez grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Zeynep converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Sonmez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Sonmez conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Magdalena (25-21). The Turk dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
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