Sara Sorribes Tormo aces Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Merida on Thursday. Sorribes Tormo will try to keep the momentum against Anna Blinkova or Alina Korneeva in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes.

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Sorribes Tormo's Record

Highlights Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Lucrezia Stefanini Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tormo
Stefanini
6-4 1-6 6-4
3h:23
101
101
Total points
106
106
32
32
Winners
49
49
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
71%
71%
1st in
78%
78%
49%
49%
1st won
54%
54%
32/65
32/65
1st won
49/91
49/91
38%
38%
2nd won
32%
32%
10/26
10/26
2nd won
8/25
8/25
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
Total
8/19
8/19
42%
42%
Won
42%
42%
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The Spaniard won this encounter even if she scored less points than the Italian (101 vs. 106).

Sorribes Tormo

The Spaniard won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 42% (8/19) of the procured opportunities.

Stefanini

On the other side, Lucrezia had some problems converting her break points (only 42% – 8/19). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sorribes Tormo and Stefanini is 1-0 for Sara.

Draw and next match H2H: Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Anna Blinkova or Alina Korneeva – stats

Sorribes Tormo will square off with either Anna Blinkova or Alina Korneeva in the 3rd round. The head to head is 2-2 vs. Anna Blinkova and 0-1 vs. Alina Korneeva.

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1st Set -
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Sorribes Tormo didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lucrezia Stefanini in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set because Stefanini found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Sara maintained her focus to break Stefanini in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Sara failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

The Spaniard converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-2 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, Lucrezia converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (2-5 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Spaniard won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Stefanini (38-39). Sorribes Tormo conceded 22 points on serve (18-22). On the losing side, Lucrezia conceded 20 points on serve (17-20

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2nd Set -
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Stefanini was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking the Spaniard 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Sorribes Tormo couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Stefanini was spot on in converting all her break points in the 0th (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). In addition on the other side, Sara was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd

(1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).

They contested 63 points. Stefanini won 13 more points than the Spaniard (38-25). The Italian surrendered 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).

3rd Set -
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Sorribes Tormo had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Lucrezia Stefanini in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Spaniard to win the set because the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Sorribes Tormo maintained her focus to break Lucrezia in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

The Spaniard converted 44% of her break points (4/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Stefanini converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 67 points. Sorribes Tormo was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Stefanini (38-29). The Spaniard surrendered 11 points on serve (14-11). On the other side, the Italian conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).

1st
Tormo
Stefanini
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tormo
Stefanini
1-6
1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Tormo
Stefanini
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1

Tennis Scores in Merida

  • Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (7-63 6-3)
  • Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-4 1-6 6-4)
  • Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 6-3)
  • Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-3 6-4)
  • Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (2-6 6-2 6-1)
  • Ann LiLi – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 6-2)
  • Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (w/o)

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