TENNIS SCORES. Sloane Stephens gets the better of Putintseva in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

Sloane Stephens gets by Yulia Putintseva 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Stephens is going to play against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Putintseva was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Stephens in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Yulia to win the set as Sloane found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3) game. The Kazakhstani maintained her focus to break the American in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

The American won the set after she broke Putintseva 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Putintseva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Stephens stayed solid before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Stephens won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Sloane broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

Sloane won this encounter even if she conquered less points than the Kazakhstani (86 vs. 90).

Sloane was pretty effective in converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10). On the other side, Putintseva was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 47% of her break points (7/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Putintseva is 2-2.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Yulia Putintseva Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Next Match: Sloane Stephens vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova – H2H and stats

Stephens will compete against Kuznetsova in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Sloane Stephens and Svetlana Kuznetsova face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kuznetsova won 6-7¹ 6-2 8-6 in the 3^rd round in London back in 2016.