Anastasia Potapova prevails over Tauson in the 1st round to play vs Sabalenka at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. HIGHLIGHTS – STUTTGART RESULTS

Anastasia Potapova tops Clara Tauson 2-6 7-6(8) 6-3 in the 1^st round in Stuttgart on Monday. Potapova will play against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stuttgart

Potapova's Record

The Russian added to her prize money € 3,932 after conquering this match. She has already won € 13,760 after this win. If she wins the next match, Potapova will add € 13,280 to her earnings to get in total € 27,040 in total.

Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Tauson Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Potapova

Tauson

2-6 7-6⁸ 6-3
2h:43

107

107

Total points

102

102

33

33

Winners

47

47

31%

31%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

2

2

7

7

Double Faults

2

2

51%

51%

1st in

66%

66%

70%

70%

1st won

61%

61%

33/47

33/47

1st won

47/77

47/77

48%

48%

2nd won

44%

44%

22/46

22/46

2nd won

17/39

17/39

-- Break Points --

5/12

5/12

Total

5/9

5/9

42%

42%

Won

56%

56%

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At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 107 points vs. the Dane’s 102.

Potapova

The Russian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Tauson

On the other side, Clara was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Potapova and Tauson is 2-1 for Anastasia.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Potapova will fight against Sabalenka in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Clara in this set was in much better shape than the Russian and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The Russian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Tauson was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Tauson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Potapova (31-25). Tauson dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Anastasia won the set after she broke Clara in the 4^th (3-1) game. The Dane tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Potapova kept the focus to win the set 7-6.

Potapova converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 0^th (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 14^th game (7-5 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Clara converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 106 points. This set was so close that, Potapova won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Russian lost 21 points on serve (29-21). on the other side of the net, Tauson conceded 24 points on serve (32-24).

Potapova had a great start in this set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Anastasia to win the set since Tauson found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. The Russian maintained her cool to break the Dane in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Russian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5^th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Clara converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 47 points. Anastasia was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Dane (28-19). The Russian surrendered 9 points on serve (12-9). On the other side, the Dane conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).

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