Veronika Kudermetova topples Clara Tauson 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Kudermetova will have to play Magda Linette in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cincinnati
Kudermetova's Record

The Russian added to her prize money $ 23,838 after winning this match. She has already won $ 56,678 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kudermetova will add $ 50,222 to her earnings to get in total $ 106,900 in total.

Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs. Clara Tauson Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kudermetova
Tauson
3-6 7-64 6-4
2h:46
99
99
Total points
94
94
37
37
Winners
44
44
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
56%
56%
1st in
55%
55%
77%
77%
1st won
75%
75%
37/48
37/48
1st won
44/59
44/59
63%
63%
2nd won
52%
52%
24/38
24/38
2nd won
25/48
25/48
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
Total
2/4
2/4
22%
22%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Veronika scored 99 points vs. Clara’s 94.

Kudermetova

The Russian served very well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (24/38) on her second serve. The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.

Tauson

On the other side, Clara was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Tauson is 1-0 for Veronika.

Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette – stats

Kudermetova will take on Linette in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 1-0

for Linette (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Linette won 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tauson 6-3
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Dane snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

Clara was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Veronika was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A).

They played 63 points. Clara was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Russian (37-26). Clara surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the court, Kudermetova conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

2nd Set -
Kudermetova 7-6
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Kudermetova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Kudermetova to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Russian missed the opportunity to break the Dane in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Kudermetova converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). On the other side, the Dane wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).

They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than Tauson (43-40). Kudermetova dropped 12 points on serve (28-12). on the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).

3rd Set -
Kudermetova 6-4
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Kudermetova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 47 points. Kudermetova conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Tauson (29-18). Veronika was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the other side, Tauson conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

1st
Kudermetova
Tauson
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2nd
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Tauson
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3rd
Kudermetova
Tauson
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Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

  • Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Clara TausonTauson (3-6 7-64 6-4)
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-65 3-6 6-3)
  • Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (w/o)
  • Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Iva JovicJovic (6-4 3-6 6-2)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-62 6-1)
  • Ella SeidelSeidel – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-4 2-6 7-66)
  • Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 6-4)
  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Yue YuanYuan (6-72 6-4 6-4)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 7-5)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Aoi ItoIto (6-4 6-0)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (w/o)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-63 4-6 7-65)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-3)
  • Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-1)

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