Ajla Tomljanovic defeats Kyoka Okamura 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Charleston on Monday. Tomljanovic will play Peyton Stearns in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2019 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Australian added to her prize money $ 1,575 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 7,975 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 4,925 to her earnings to get in total $ 12,900 in total.
Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Kyoka Okamura Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:53
At the end of the match, Tomljanovic scored 82 points vs. Kyoka’s 67.
Tomljanovic
Ajla was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (8/16).
Okamura
On the other side, Okamura was effective at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Okamura is 1-0 for Ajla.
Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Peyton Stearns – stats
Tomljanovic will take on Stearns in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Ajla Tomljanovic and Peyton Stearns since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ajla was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 49 points vs. Stearns’s 32 points.
Live score progression and stats
Kyoka won the set after she broke Tomljanovic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Tomljanovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. However, Kyoka kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
The Japanese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Japanese won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Japanese was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Tomljanovic was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (2-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 68 points. Kyoka won 6 more points than Ajla (37-31). Kyoka dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tomljanovic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Kyoka Okamura in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, there was more to do for Ajla to win the set as the Japanese succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game. The Australian kept her cool to break the Japanese in the 7th (6-1) game.
Tomljanovic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
Certainly, a key moment was when Ajla won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Tomljanovic converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 4th (4-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Okamura converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 6th (0-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (0-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 40 points. Tomljanovic was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Okamura (28-12). Ajla dropped 9 points on serve (16-9). In addition, on the other side, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Tomljanovic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kyoka Okamura in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Ajla to win the set because Kyoka succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game. Ajla maintained her focus to break Kyoka in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Australian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kyoka was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 0-40).
They played 41 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Kyoka (23-18). Tomljanovic lost 7 points on serve (8-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Okamura conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (3-6 6-1 6-2)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Maria MateasMateas (6-0 6-2)
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Harriet DartDart (6-1 3-6 6-1)
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (4-6 6-1 6-4)
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Katherine SebovSebov (6-0 6-0)
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-1)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-3 6-4)
- Robin MontgomeryMontgomery – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-3)
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