
Fiona Ferro stuns Mccartney Kessler 6-7(8) 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Rouen on Monday. Ferro will face off with Jessika Ponchet or Margaux Rouvroy in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Fiona added to her prize money € 1,039 after conquering this match. She has already won € 3,624 after this win. If she wins the next match, the French player will add € 2,301 to her earnings to get in total € 5,925 in total.
Highlights Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole – Rouen
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 131 points vs. Kessler’s 112.
Ferro
Fiona was effective at converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).
Kessler
On the other side, Kessler was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ferro and Kessler is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Fiona Ferro vs. Jessika Ponchet or Margaux Rouvroy – stats
Ferro will face either Jessika Ponchet or Margaux Rouvroy in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-1 vs. Jessika Ponchet and 1-0 vs. Margaux Rouvroy.
Live score progression and stats
Mccartney won the set after she broke Ferro 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Fiona tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nonetheless, the American didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Mccartney failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Certainly, a key moment was when Mccartney won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Ferro was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (1-4 0-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40), the 12th (5-6 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40).
They contested 102 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Ferro (49-53). Mccartney lost 24 points on serve (19-24). On the other side, Fiona conceded 30 points on serve (29-30).
Ferro enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Mccartney Kessler in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was the key for Fiona to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The French player converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Fiona didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Ferro conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the American (29-22). Ferro lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, Kessler conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Fiona won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Fiona broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Fiona converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kessler converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They played 90 points. Ferro conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the American (50-40). Fiona surrendered 20 points on serve (29-20). On the other side, Kessler conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
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- Fiona FerroFerro – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-78 6-2 7-5)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Nao HibinoHibino (6-0 6-4)
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