Daria Saville surprises Marta Kostyuk 6-4 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Merida on Tuesday. Gavrilova will have to play Anhelina Kalinina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes.

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Gavrilova's Record

Gavrilova added to her prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gavrilova will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Daria Saville vs. Marta Kostyuk Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Saville
Kostyuk
6-4 7-66
2h:08
83
83
Total points
77
77
29
29
Winners
29
29
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
71%
71%
1st in
65%
65%
53%
53%
1st won
54%
54%
29/55
29/55
1st won
29/54
29/54
59%
59%
2nd won
45%
45%
13/22
13/22
2nd won
13/29
13/29
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
5/10
5/10
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Gavrilova scored 83 points vs. Kostyuk’s 77.

Gavrilova

Gavrilova was effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Kostyuk

On the other side, Marta was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (5/10). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Gavrilova and Kostyuk is 1-2 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Saville vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats

Gavrilova will fight against Kalinina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Daria Saville and Anhelina Kalinina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kalinina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kalinina won 6-2 7-65 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Saville 6-4
SavilleKostyuk
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
SavilleKostyuk
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SavilleKostyuk
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SavilleKostyuk
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
SavilleKostyuk
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SavilleKostyuk
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SavilleKostyuk
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SavilleKostyuk
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SavilleKostyuk
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
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40
40
40
A
40
SavilleKostyuk
1
1
15
0
15
15
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15
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40
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40
SavilleKostyuk
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Gavrilova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Australian refused to bow to come back to break Marta 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Gavrilova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

Daria converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Marta converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Daria won just 2 points more than Marta (38-36). Daria conceded 21 points on serve (22-21). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

2nd Set -
Saville 7-6
SavilleKostyuk
7
6
K
0
1
S
0
2
S
1
2
K
1
3
K
2
3
S
3
3
S
3
4
K
4
4
K
5
4
S
5
5
S
5
6
K
6
6
K
7
6
S
8
6
SavilleKostyuk
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SavilleKostyuk
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SavilleKostyuk
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
SavilleKostyuk
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SavilleKostyuk
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
SavilleKostyuk
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SavilleKostyuk
2
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SavilleKostyuk
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SavilleKostyuk
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SavilleKostyuk
0
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SavilleKostyuk
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Gavrilova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Gavrilova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Marta 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 5 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 6th (3-3), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Ukrainian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th

(3-1), 7th (4-3) and 11th (6-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Daria converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A). The Australian saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. In addition on the other side, Marta converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (3-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 86 points. Daria was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Kostyuk (45-41). Daria lost 16 points on serve (17-16). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 28 points on serve (25-28).

1st
Saville
Kostyuk
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Saville
Kostyuk
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1

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