Caroline Dolehide outlasts Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 3-6 7-6(9) in the semifinal in Guangzhou on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Dolehide will seek to keep on going in this event against Olga Danilovic in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes.
Dolehide added to her prize money $ 9,220 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 20,830 after this win. If she wins the next match, Caroline will add $ 14,420 to her earnings to get in total $ 35,250 in total.
Highlights Caroline Dolehide vs. Lucia Bronzetti Guangzhou Open – Guangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 114 points vs. Bronzetti’s 107.
Dolehide
The American was well focused in converting 58% of the break points that she procured (7/12).
Bronzetti
On the other side, Lucia was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Dolehide and Bronzetti is 1-0 for Caroline.
Draw and next match H2H: Caroline Dolehide vs. Olga Danilovic – stats
Dolehide will square off with Danilovic in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Caroline Dolehide and Olga Danilovic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Danilovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Danilovic won 6-4 0-6 6-2 in the qualifications in New York back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Caroline won the set after she broke the Italian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Bronzetti tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Anyhow, Dolehide didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Dolehide failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
Certainly, a key moment was when Dolehide won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Caroline converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (4-1 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Italian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The American won 10 more points than the Italian (38-28). Caroline conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Bronzetti conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
Lucia won the set after she broke Caroline in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Dolehide tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, Lucia didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Dolehide was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Italian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Caroline was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 68 points. Lucia won 4 points more than Dolehide (36-32). Bronzetti lost 12 points on serve (14-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 22 points on serve (20-22).
Dolehide started the set strong after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as Lucia found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 9.
Notwithstanding also the Italian won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
The American won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (4-6), 14th (7-7), 17th (9-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 8th (5-3) and 16th (8-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
The American converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). The American saved 5 set points when she was 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. In addition on the other side, Lucia converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 9th (3-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. The contest during this set was so even that the American won only 1 point more than Lucia (44-43). Dolehide conceded 19 points on serve (25-19). on the other side of the net, Lucia conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (4-6 6-4 4-3 ret.)
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 3-6 7-69)
Upcoming matches
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H details and stats