Taylor Townsend prevails over Li in the 1st round to collide vs Putintseva – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Townsend beats Li to face Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Taylor Townsend dispatches Ann Li 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Miami on Tuesday in what was an all-American encounter. Townsend will have to play Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Townsend
Miami
Townsend's Record

Townsend added to her prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. She has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If she wins the next match, Townsend will add $ 25,140 to her earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Townsend
Li
Taylor Townsend
3-6 6-4 6-2
1h:59
Ann Li
89
89
Total points
86
86
31
31
Winners
30
30
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
59%
59%
1st in
59%
59%
57%
57%
1st won
61%
61%
31/54
31/54
1st won
30/49
30/49
55%
55%
2nd won
47%
47%
21/38
21/38
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
4/10
4/10
67%
67%
Won
40%
40%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Townsend scored 89 points vs. Ann’s 86.

Townsend

Townsend was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).

Li

On the other side, Ann was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Townsend and Li is 3-1 for Taylor.

Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Townsend vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Townsend will square off with Putintseva in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Townsend and Yulia Putintseva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Townsend won 6-1 6-1 in the final in Indian Harbour Beach back in 1970.

Taylor Townsend Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Li 6-3
LiTownsend
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
LiTownsend
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
LiTownsend
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
LiTownsend
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
LiTownsend
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
LiTownsend
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
LiTownsend
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
LiTownsend
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
LiTownsend
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
LiTownsend
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40

Li clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Li broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Ann won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.

Ann was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). In addition on the other side, Townsend was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 63 points. Ann was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Taylor (37-26). Li dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Townsend conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

2nd Set -
Townsend 6-4
TownsendLi
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TownsendLi
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendLi
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TownsendLi
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TownsendLi
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
TownsendLi
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TownsendLi
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TownsendLi
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TownsendLi
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendLi
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40

Taylor won the set after she broke Ann in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Li tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Taylor didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.

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

Taylor was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Ann converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 70 points. Townsend conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Li (40-30). Taylor dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). On the losing side, Ann conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

3rd Set -
Townsend 6-2
TownsendLi
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TownsendLi
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TownsendLi
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
TownsendLi
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TownsendLi
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TownsendLi
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TownsendLi
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Townsend in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Li and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Li in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Li couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Townsend converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Townsend didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. Townsend won 4 more points than Ann (23-19). Taylor surrendered 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Ann conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

1st
Townsend
Li
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Townsend
Li
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Townsend
Li
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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