
Ena Shibahara ousts Kaja Juvan 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Austin on Tuesday. Shibahara will clash against Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 1,185 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 4,160 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 2,655 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,815 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ena scored 87 points vs. the Slovenian’s 75.
Shibahara
The American won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Juvan
On the other side, Kaja was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Shibahara and Juvan is 1-0 for Ena.
Draw and next match H2H: Ena Shibahara vs. Kimberly Birrell – stats
Shibahara will compete against Birrell in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Ena Shibahara and Kimberly Birrell square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Shibahara and Birrell (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shibahara won 6-4 7-64 in the 1st round in Guadalajara back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Shibahara came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Kaja Juvan in the 1st game (1-0). Kaja extended her lead after breaking Shibahara in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Slovenian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Kaja didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Juvan was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Ena (32-23). Juvan lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ena clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Kaja was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ena converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Juvan was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 69 points. Shibahara was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Slovenian (40-29). Ena lost 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, the Slovenian conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
Shibahara had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kaja Juvan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That was enough for the American to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
The American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Shibahara didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. Ena was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Slovenian (24-13). Ena was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Kaja conceded 8 points on serve (9-8).
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