Viktoriya Tomova gets by the defending champion Veronika Kudermetova 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Monday. Tomova will fight against Diana Shnaider in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
The Bulgarian 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, Viktoriya will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 83 points vs. Veronika’s 68.
Tomova
Tomova won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Kudermetova
On the other side, the Russian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Tomova and Kudermetova is 2-1 for Viktoriya.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktoriya Tomova vs. Diana Shnaider – stats
Tomova will compete against Shnaider in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Viktoriya Tomova and Diana Shnaider fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Shnaider won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in W60 Istanbul back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Viktoriya won the set after she broke Kudermetova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Veronika tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, Tomova kept the focus to win the set 7-6.
However also the Russian won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Viktoriya converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Veronika converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tomova won just 2 more points than Veronika (50-48). The Bulgarian dropped 21 points on serve (29-21). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
The Bulgarian won the set after she broke Veronika in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Tomova kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
Tomova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tomova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Bulgarian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Russian (32-21). Viktoriya conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
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