Inexorable Cristina Bucsa too good for Liu in the 1st round to battle vs Eala. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Bucsa powers past Liu to play Alexandra Eala in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Cristina Bucsa grounds Claire Liu 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Monday after playing an extraordinary match to play Alexandra Eala in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Bucsa
New York
Bucsa's Record

Cristina added to her prize money $ 44,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bucsa will add $ 83,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.

Highlights Cristina Bucsa vs. Claire Liu U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bucsa
Liu
Cristina Bucsa
6-2 6-1
1h:22
Claire Liu
66
66
Total points
47
47
21
21
Winners
22
22
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
21
21
Unforced
33
33
39%
39%
Ratio Unforced
61%
61%
3/5
3/5
Net Approaches
8/13
8/13
60%
60%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
58%
58%
1st in
65%
65%
75%
75%
1st won
52%
52%
21/28
21/28
1st won
22/42
22/42
55%
55%
2nd won
39%
39%
11/20
11/20
2nd won
9/23
9/23
157
157
Fastest serve
172
172
147
147
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
122
122
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
5/19
5/19
Total
0/2
0/2
26%
26%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Bucsa scored 66 points vs. Claire’s 47.

Bucsa

Bucsa served pretty well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (11/20) on her second serve. Bucsa won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 26% (5/19) of the procured opportunities.

Liu

On the other side, Liu wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Bucsa and Liu is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Cristina Bucsa vs. Alexandra Eala – stats

Bucsa will play Eala in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Cristina Bucsa and Alexandra Eala fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eala (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Eala won 2-6 6-3 7-68 in the 2nd round in W25 Grenoble back in 2021.

Cristina Bucsa Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bucsa 6-2
BucsaLiu
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BucsaLiu
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BucsaLiu
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BucsaLiu
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BucsaLiu
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
BucsaLiu
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BucsaLiu
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BucsaLiu
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Bucsa came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Claire Liu in the 1st game (1-0). Bucsa extended her lead after breaking Claire in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Cristina wasted a good opportunity to break Liu in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Bucsa converted 16% of her break points (2/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 63 points. Cristina was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the American (36-27). Cristina conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, Claire conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

2nd Set -
Bucsa 6-1
BucsaLiu
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BucsaLiu
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BucsaLiu
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BucsaLiu
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BucsaLiu
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BucsaLiu
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BucsaLiu
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Cristina won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Claire had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Bucsa converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 50 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Liu (30-20). Cristina conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, Liu conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).

1st
Bucsa
Liu
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Bucsa
Liu
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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