Iva Jovic beats Nikola Bartunkova 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Guadalajara on Saturday. Jovic will fight against Emiliana Arango in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes.
Jovic added to her prize money $ 42,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Jovic will add $ 63,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 164,000 in total.
Highlights Iva Jovic vs. Nikola Bartunkova Guadalajara Open Akron – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 122 points vs. Nikola’s 104.
Jovic
Jovic won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Bartunkova
On the other side, Nikola was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Jovic and Bartunkova is 1-0 for Iva.
Draw and next match H2H: Iva Jovic vs. Emiliana Arango – stats
Jovic will fight against Arango in the final.
There is no head to head record between Iva Jovic and Emiliana Arango since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Jovic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Nikola Bartunkova in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Jovic to win the set as Nikola managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Jovic kept her cool to break Bartunkova in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).Iva converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). In addition on the other side, Bartunkova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 68 points. Jovic won 8 more points than Nikola (38-30). Iva dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
The Czech clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Bartunkova broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to win the set 7-6.
Bartunkova was unerring in converting all her break points in the 8th
(3-4 15-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40).They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the American (44-45). The Czech conceded 21 points on serve (27-21). on the other side of the net, Iva conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jovic grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Czech had to surrender the 6th game (4-2) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Iva converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 69 points. Iva won 11 more points than Bartunkova (40-29). The American dropped 16 points on serve (26-16). On the other side, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (6-4 7-5)
- Iva JovicJovic – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (6-3 6-75 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Emiliana ArangoArango – (0-0) – H2H details and stats