Heather Watson stuns Putintseva in the 1st round to battle vs Rybakina at the LTA London Championships – LONDON RESULTS

LTA LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Watson upsets Putintseva to fight against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round

Prediction-and-head-to-head-Heather-Watson-vs-Yulia-Putintseva

Heather Watson upsets Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday. Watson will face off with Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes.

Watson
London
Watson's Record

Heather added to her prize money $ 5,855 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,875 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 17,265 to her earnings to get in total $ 38,140 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Watson
Putintseva
67
67
Total points
52
52
33
33
Winners
17
17
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
65%
65%
1st in
71%
71%
75%
75%
1st won
47%
47%
33/44
33/44
1st won
17/36
17/36
33%
33%
2nd won
53%
53%
8/24
8/24
2nd won
8/15
8/15
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
Total
2/6
2/6
100%
100%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, heather scored 67 points vs. Yulia’s 52.

Watson

Watson served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. However she won only 33% points (8/24) on her second serve. The Brit was fantastic in converting all the break points (4/4).

Putintseva

On the other side, the Kazakhstani was struggling when converting her break points (only 33%2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Watson and Putintseva is 4-2 for Heather.

Draw and next match H2H: Heather Watson vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Watson will come up against Rybakina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Heather Watson and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Rybakina won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Hobart back in 2020.

Heather Watson Draw info

1st
Watson
Putintseva
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Watson
Putintseva
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in London

  • Diana ShnaiderShnaiderMagdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-1)
  • Emma RaducanuRaducanuCristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-2)
  • Heather WatsonWatsonYulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-3)
  • Rebecca SramkovaSramkovaBarbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-4 6-3)
  • Katie BoulterBoulterAjla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-64 1-6 6-4)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchovaMaddison InglisInglis (7-65 3-6 6-4)
  • Mccartney KesslerKesslerFrancesca JonesJones (6-2 6-4)
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimovaJodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Anastasia ZakharovaZakharovaDonna VekicVekic (6-3 6-3)
  • Tatjana MariaMariaLeylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-64 6-2)
  • Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad MaiaPetra KvitovaKvitova (2-6 6-4 6-4)
  • Sonay KartalKartalDaria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 3-6 6-3)

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