Tenacious Ajla Tomljanovic outlasts Shibahara in the quarter to battle vs Pegula at the ATX Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTIN RESULTS

Ajla Tomljanovic outlasts Ena Shibahara 7-5 3-6 7-6(8) in the quarter in Austin on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Tomljanovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Jessica Pegula in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.

Austin

Tomljanovic's Record

The Australian added to her prize money $ 5,155 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,970 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Ajla will add $ 9,514 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,484.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ena Shibahara ATX Open – Austin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic

Shibahara

7-5 3-6 7-6⁸
2h:33

109

109

Total points

107

107

46

46

Winners

43

43

42%

42%

Ratio Winners

40%

40%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

12

12

11

11

Double Faults

8

8

59%

59%

1st in

59%

59%

72%

72%

1st won

68%

68%

46/64

46/64

1st won

43/63

43/63

53%

53%

2nd won

57%

57%

24/45

24/45

2nd won

25/44

25/44

-- Break Points --

3/7

3/7

Total

3/6

3/6

43%

43%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, Tomljanovic scored 109 points vs. Shibahara’s 107.

Tomljanovic

Ajla won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Shibahara

On the other side, Shibahara was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Shibahara is 1-0 for Ajla.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Tomljanovic will square off with Pegula in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tomljanovic and Pegula (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Pegula won 7-6⁶ 6-3 in the R in Australia back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Tomljanovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Ena Shibahara in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Ajla to win the set as Shibahara managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Tomljanovic kept her cool to break the American in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Shibahara was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.

Tomljanovic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Shibahara converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 30-40) and the 4^th game (1-2 30-40).

They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 2 more points than Ena (39-37). The Australian lost 14 points on serve (26-14). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ena conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Ajla couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Shibahara was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 8^th (4-3 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Shibahara was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Australian (29-25). Ena was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Ajla conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

Tomljanovic had a great start in this set after breaking Ena Shibahara in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ajla to win the set as Shibahara found the way to break back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Ajla maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 7 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 2^nd (2-0), 5^th (4-1), 9^th (6-3), 14^th (7-7), 17^th (9-8) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, the American won 5 minibreaks in the 4^th (1-3), 7^th (3-4), 11^th (5-6), 12^th (6-6) and 16^th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

Tomljanovic converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 8^th (5-2 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Ajla saved 1 set point when she was trailing 6-7. In addition on the other side, Shibahara converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 8^th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 86 points. Tomljanovic was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Ena (45-41). The Australian lost 12 points on serve (22-12). In addition, on the other side, Shibahara conceded 23 points on serve (29-23).

Tennis Scores in Austin

• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (7-5 3-6 7-6⁸)
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-2)
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (5-7 6-4 6-1)

Upcoming matches

• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H details and stats