Viktorija Golubic surprises the 2023 runner-up Marie Bouzkova 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Jiujiang on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to face off with Rebecca Sramkova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Viktorija Golubic vs. Marie Bouzkova Jiangxi Open – Jiujiang
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Viktorija scored 57 points vs. the Czech’s 38.
Golubic
Golubic was effective at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (8/14).
Bouzkova
On the other side, the Czech was effective when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Golubic and Bouzkova is 2-3 for Marie.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktorija Golubic vs. Rebecca Sramkova – stats
Golubic will square off with Sramkova in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Viktorija Golubic and Rebecca Sramkova square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Golubic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Golubic won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in W25 Fujairah back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Golubic had a strong start of this set after breaking Marie Bouzkova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Golubic to win the set since the Czech found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Swiss maintained her focus to break the Czech in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Viktorija failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.
The Czech lost the 7th game (6-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Bouzkova was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Viktorija converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). Also, on the other side, Marie converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40) and the 8th game (0-6 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 53 points. Golubic was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Bouzkova (30-23). Viktorija dropped 13 points on serve (12-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Marie conceded 18 points on serve (10-18).
The Swiss was more solid than the Czech and finally she won 6-2. Marie broke Viktorija in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, Golubic broke her opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).
Bouzkova was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Golubic converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Marie was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 42 points. Viktorija was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Bouzkova (27-15). The Swiss dropped 8 points on serve (10-8). on the other side of the court, Marie conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
Tennis Scores in Jiujiang
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (7-64 6-2)
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
