Ruthless Polina Kudermetova clobbers Podoroska in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Lepchenko. HIGHLIGHTS – MERIDA RESULTS

MERIDA OPEN AKRON - MERIDA DRAW AND RESULTS. Kudermetova surprises Podoroska to come up against Varvara Lepchenko in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Polina Kudermetova stuns Nadia Podoroska 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Merida on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Varvara Lepchenko in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes.

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Highlights Polina Kudermetova vs. Nadia Podoroska Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kudermetova
Podoroska
Polina Kudermetova
6-1 6-1
1h:03
Nadia Podoroska
61
61
Total points
36
36
17
17
Winners
19
19
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
50%
50%
1st in
65%
65%
74%
74%
1st won
58%
58%
17/23
17/23
1st won
19/33
19/33
61%
61%
2nd won
11%
11%
14/23
14/23
2nd won
2/18
2/18
-- Break Points --
5/15
5/15
Total
0/1
0/1
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 61 points vs. Podoroska’s 36.

Kudermetova

Kudermetova won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.

Podoroska

On the other side, Podoroska wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Podoroska is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Polina Kudermetova vs. Varvara Lepchenko – stats

Kudermetova will face Lepchenko in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Polina Kudermetova and Varvara Lepchenko square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lepchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Lepchenko won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Guadalajara back in 2023.

Polina Kudermetova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kudermetova 6-1
KudermetovaPodoroska
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KudermetovaPodoroska
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KudermetovaPodoroska
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KudermetovaPodoroska
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KudermetovaPodoroska
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KudermetovaPodoroska
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KudermetovaPodoroska
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KudermetovaPodoroska
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Kudermetova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Nadia Podoroska in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Kudermetova found the way to come back to break the Argentine 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) gamein the 7th game before winning the set (6-1) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Kudermetova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.

Nadia was dominated in the last 7 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Kudermetova converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kudermetova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Nadia (37-22). The Russian dropped 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, Nadia conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).

2nd Set -
Kudermetova 6-1
KudermetovaPodoroska
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
KudermetovaPodoroska
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
KudermetovaPodoroska
5
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KudermetovaPodoroska
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KudermetovaPodoroska
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KudermetovaPodoroska
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Kudermetova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Nadia Podoroska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Kudermetova managed to boost her lead after breaking Nadia in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Russian missed the opportunity to break the Argentine in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

There was an important spell in this set when Polina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Polina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Podoroska wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).

They contested 38 points. Kudermetova won 10 more points than Nadia (24-14). Polina surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, Podoroska conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

1st
Kudermetova
Podoroska
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kudermetova
Podoroska
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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  • Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-1 6-1)
  • Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (2-6 6-4 4-0 ret.)
  • Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Akasha UrhoboUrhobo (7-5 6-2)
  • Marina StakusicStakusic – Maya JointJoint (2-6 7-62 7-62)
  • Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-2 6-2)
  • Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-2)
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