Ekaterina Alexandrova defeats Mccartney Kessler 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Ningbo on Friday. Alexandrova will clash against Diana Shnaider or Lin Zhu in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.

Ningbo
Alexandrova's Record

Alexandrova added to her prize money $ 30,305 after winning this match. She has already won $ 59,000 till now in this event. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add $ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Mccartney Kessler Ningbo Open – Ningbo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alexandrova
Kessler
6-3 6-3
1h:39
77
77
Total points
64
64
32
32
Winners
32
32
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
61%
61%
1st in
78%
78%
73%
73%
1st won
59%
59%
32/44
32/44
1st won
32/54
32/54
46%
46%
2nd won
33%
33%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
5/15
5/15
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
1/11
1/11
33%
33%
Won
9%
9%
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At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 77 points vs. the American’s 64.

Alexandrova

Alexandrova won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Kessler

On the other side, the American had a tough time converting her break points (only 9% – 1/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Kessler is 1-0 for Ekaterina.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Diana Shnaider or Lin Zhu – stats

Alexandrova will play either Diana Shnaider or Lin Zhu in the semifinal. The head to head is 1-1 vs. Diana Shnaider and 1-1 vs. Lin Zhu.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Alexandrova 6-3
AlexandrovaKessler
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
AlexandrovaKessler
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
AlexandrovaKessler
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
AlexandrovaKessler
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
AlexandrovaKessler
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
AlexandrovaKessler
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
AlexandrovaKessler
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Alexandrova won the set after she broke Kessler in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Nonetheless, Ekaterina didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-3.

Alexandrova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when Alexandrova won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 1-1

to 5-1.

The Russian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Mccartney converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (1-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th

game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 88 points. The Russian won 4 more points than Kessler (46-42). Alexandrova surrendered 17 points on serve (25-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Kessler conceded 21 points on serve (25-21).

2nd Set -
Alexandrova 6-3
AlexandrovaKessler
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
AlexandrovaKessler
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
AlexandrovaKessler
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
2
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
AlexandrovaKessler
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AlexandrovaKessler
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
AlexandrovaKessler
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

The Russian won the set after she broke Mccartney in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Kessler was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Ekaterina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kessler wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).

They played 53 points. Ekaterina was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Kessler (31-22). The Russian conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

1st
Alexandrova
Kessler
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Alexandrova
Kessler
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-2 6-0)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-3 6-3)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 7-5 6-3)

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