Caroline Dolehide ousts Varvara Gracheva 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Austin on Thursday. Dolehide will face Greetje Minnen in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Dolehide added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Dolehide will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Caroline Dolehide vs. Varvara Gracheva ATX Open – Austin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Caroline scored 105 points vs. Gracheva’s 91.
Dolehide
The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that she procured (8/14).
Gracheva
On the other side, Gracheva was struggling when converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dolehide and Gracheva is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Caroline Dolehide vs. Greetje Minnen – stats
Dolehide will compete against Minnen in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Caroline Dolehide and Greetje Minnen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
The American was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 59 points vs. Minnen’s 45 points.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game, The French player broke back 3 times in the 8th (3-5), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Caroline surrendered the 8th game (3-5) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Caroline was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
The French player was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 40-A), the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40).
They contested 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 2 points more than Caroline (46-44). Varvara surrendered 20 points on serve (23-20
). Regarding the other side of the net, Caroline conceded 23 points on serve (24-23).Dolehide started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Caroline to win the set as the French player managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Dolehide maintained her focus to break the French player in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Dolehide converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, Varvara converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 54 points. The American won 10 points more than Varvara (32-22). Caroline lost 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, Gracheva conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Dolehide started the set in the best possible way after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set because the French player managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American maintained her cool to break the French player in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the French player converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Caroline conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Varvara (28-22). Dolehide lost 12 points on serve (17-12). On the other side, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Austin
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (5-7 6-2 6-2)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-3 2-6 6-4)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cristina BucsaBucsa (5-7 6-3 7-64)
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Suzan LamensLamens (6-1 6-0)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-1 6-3)
- Ena ShibaharaShibahara – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-3 4-6 6-4)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-3 6-0)
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ena ShibaharaShibahara – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H details and stats