Hailey Baptiste shocks Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday. Baptiste will square off with Elina Svitolina in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Hailey added to her prize money € 17,098 after conquering this match. She has already won € 38,313 after this win. If she wins the next match, Hailey will add € 27,797 to her earnings to get in total € 66,110 in total.
Highlights Hailey Baptiste vs. Liudmila Samsonova Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Baptiste won this contest even if she won less points than the Russian (84 vs. 91).
Baptiste
Hailey won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Samsonova
On the other side, Ludmilla had a tough time converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Baptiste and Samsonova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Hailey Baptiste vs. Elina Svitolina – stats
Baptiste will square off with Svitolina in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Hailey Baptiste and Elina Svitolina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Hailey won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Samsonova was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Samsonova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 54 points. This set was so close that, The American won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Baptiste dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, Samsonova conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Baptiste was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd
game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Russian to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Ludmilla maintained her cool to break the American in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Samsonova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Baptiste was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-2 40-A).
They played 51 points. Samsonova won 13 more points than Hailey (32-19). Ludmilla lost 8 points on serve (16-8). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Baptiste clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Baptiste missed the opportunity to break Ludmilla in the 9th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Samsonova was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th
(3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).They played 70 points. Hailey conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Ludmilla (38-32). The American lost 13 points on serve (25-13). In addition, on the other side, Ludmilla conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
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