Iga Swiatek downs Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 7-6(5) in the quarter in Bad Homburg on Thursday. Swiatek will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jasmine Paolini in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Swiatek added to her prize money $ 31,160 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 59,100 up to now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add $ 41,900 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Bad Homburg Open – Bad Homburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 76 points vs. Alexandrova’s 72.
Swiatek
Swiatek served extremely well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (18/33) on her second serve. The Pole won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, Alexandrova had some problems converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Alexandrova is 4-2 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Swiatek will come up against Paolini in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Iga to win the set as Ekaterina succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Pole maintained her cool to break Alexandrova in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).
They played 67 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Pole won barely 1 point more than the Russian (34-33
). Iga lost 13 points on serve (19-13). On the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Iga won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Pole won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Iga wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Swiatek won only 1 point more than Alexandrova (41-40). Swiatek conceded 16 points on serve (28-16). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Tennis Scores in Bad Homburg
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (7-5 7-5)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 7-65)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-0) – H2H details and stats