Linda Noskova bests Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday. Noskova will have to play Magdalena Frech or Diana Shnaider in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Noskova added to her prize money $ 6,600 after winning this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Linda will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 66 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 59.
Noskova
The Czech served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (17/29) on her second serve. Noskova was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).
Putintseva
On the other side, Putintseva had a tough time converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Noskova and Putintseva is 2-1 for Linda.
Draw and next match H2H: Linda Noskova vs. Magdalena Frech or Diana Shnaider – stats
Noskova will come up against either Magdalena Frech or Diana Shnaider in the 2nd round. The head to head is 2-1 vs. Magdalena Frech and 0-0 vs. Diana Shnaider.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set was more solid than the Kazakhstani and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Linda failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
The Czech converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Yulia was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. Noskova was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Putintseva (33-22). Noskova conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Yulia conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Linda won the set after she broke Putintseva in the 8th (5-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Yulia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Linda didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Linda failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.
Tiebreak
Noskova won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Kazakhstani won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 4th (2-2), 7th (4-3) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Linda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Putintseva converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd
(1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).They played 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if she scored less points 6 than Putintseva (32-38). Linda surrendered 16 points on serve (22-16). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
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