Tenacious Caroline Dolehide outlasts Bronzetti in the semifinal to battle vs Danilovic at the Guangzhou Open. HIGHLIGHTS – GUANGZHOU RESULTS

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 3^rd 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 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. Bronzetti tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (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 1^st 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 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 5^th (4-1 30-40) and the 10^th 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 3^rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7^th 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 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Dolehide tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (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 1^st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Caroline was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5^th (1-3 0-40) and the 7^th 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 2^nd 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 5^th (2-3), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (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 6^th (2-4), 10^th (4-6), 14^th (7-7), 17^th (9-8) and 20^th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 3^rd (3-0), 8^th (5-3) and 16^th (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 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 12^th 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 5^th (1-3 40-A), the 9^th (3-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11^th 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)

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