Julia Riera beats Iva Jovic 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Bogota on Thursday. Riera will square off with Lea Boskovic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Julia Riera vs. Iva Jovic Copa Colsanitas – Bogota
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Julia scored 64 points vs. Iva’s 46.
Riera
Julia was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Jovic
On the other side, the American had a tough time converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Riera and Jovic is 1-0 for Julia.
Draw and next match H2H: Julia Riera vs. Lea Boskovic – stats
Riera will fight against Boskovic in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Julia Riera and Lea Boskovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Riera (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Riera won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in January 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Riera won the set after she broke Iva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Iva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Julia kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
Jovic was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Julia converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Iva converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. Julia won 11 points more than the American (37-26). The Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Jovic conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Riera overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Iva Jovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Julia to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Riera was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Iva was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They played 47 points. Julia conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Jovic (27-20). Riera lost 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, the American conceded 7 points on serve (9-7).
Tennis Scores in Bogota
- Julia RieraRiera – Iva JovicJovic (6-4 6-2)
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Emina BektasBektas (1-6 7-65 6-2)
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Hanna ChangChang (6-0 7-60)
- Lea BoskovicBoskovic – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-4)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Raluca Georgiana SerbanGeorgiana Serban (6-1 6-3)
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Selena JanicijevicJanicijevic (6-4 6-3)
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Laura PigossiPigossi (1-6 7-65 6-3)
- Julieta ParejaPareja – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Katarzyna KawaKawa (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lea BoskovicBoskovic – Julia RieraRiera (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-1) – H2H details and stats
