Mccartney Kessler hustles Elina Avanesyan 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Hobart on Friday. Kessler will face Elise Mertens in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes.
Highlights Mccartney Kessler vs. Elina Avanesyan Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mccartney scored 90 points vs. Avanesyan’s 81.
Kessler
Mccartney was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (8/10).
Avanesyan
On the other side, Avanesyan was sharp when converting 86% of the break points that she procured points (6/7). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kessler and Avanesyan is 1-0 for Mccartney.
Draw and next match H2H: Mccartney Kessler vs. Elise Mertens – stats
Kessler will compete against Mertens in the final.
There is no head to head record
between Mccartney Kessler and Elise Mertens since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.Live score progression and stats
The Armenian won the set after she broke Kessler 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kessler tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Armenian stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Elina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The American was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Avanesyan was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kessler was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They contested 67 points. Elina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the American (37-30). Elina lost 16 points on serve (20-16). On the other side, Kessler conceded 17 points on serve (14-17
).Mccartney won the set after she broke the Armenian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Kessler failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Kessler was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Armenian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (2-6 30-40).
They played 51 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Elina (29-22). Mccartney dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Avanesyan conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Kessler won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Kessler broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Armenian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Mccartney converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 7th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Armenian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40).
They contested 53 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Avanesyan (31-22). Kessler conceded 12 points on serve (12-12). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 19 points on serve (10-19).
Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Elise MertensMertens – Maya JointJoint (6-2 6-3)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (4-6 6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H details and stats