Raluca Georgiana Serban stuns Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Bogota on Tuesday. Georgiana Serban will fight against Marie Bouzkova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Raluca scored 87 points vs. Nuria’s 80.
Georgiana Serban
Raluca didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Parrizas-Diaz
On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling when converting her break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Georgiana Serban and Parrizas-Diaz is 2-1 for Raluca.
Draw and next match H2H: Raluca Georgiana Serban vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats
Georgiana Serban will square off with Bouzkova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Raluca Georgiana Serban and Marie Bouzkova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bouzkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Bouzkova won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Prague back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Georgiana Serban had a great start in this set after breaking Nuria Parrizas-Diaz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Spaniard to win the set as Georgiana Serban managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Nuria maintained her cool to break Raluca in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Spaniard was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Cypriot was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th game (0-3 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 55 points. The Spaniard won 13 points more than the Cypriot (34-21). The Spaniard surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, Raluca conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).
The Cypriot won the set after she broke Parrizas-Diaz in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, the Cypriot kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
Georgiana Serban failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Nuria lost the 4th game (3-1) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The Cypriot converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6
break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Parrizas-Diaz converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).They played 74 points. Georgiana Serban conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Nuria (43-31). Georgiana Serban lost 15 points on serve (24-15). In addition, on the other side, Parrizas-Diaz conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Raluca won the set after she broke Parrizas-Diaz in the 4th
(3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.Nuria had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Cypriot was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Nuria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 38 points. Raluca conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Parrizas-Diaz (23-15). Raluca lost 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Nuria conceded 8 points on serve (6-8).
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