TENNIS SCORES NEW YORK. Ferocious Martincova crushes Shimizu in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Martincova brushes past Shimizu to take on Kristina Kucova in the qualifications

By
Luke Meyer
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Tereza Martincova demolishes Ayano Shimizu 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in New York on Wednesday after playing a good match to play Kristina Kucova in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Martincova was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Ayano 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Ayano was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

Martincova had a strong start of this set after breaking Shimizu in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Tereza to win the set because Ayano managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Tereza maintained her cool to break Ayano in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tereza scored 67 points vs. Ayano’s 45 points.

Martincova was effective when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, the Japanese was struggling in converting her break points because she converted only 20% of her break points (2/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Martincova and Shimizu is 1-0 for Tereza.

Next Match: Tereza Martincova vs. Kristina Kucova – stats

Martincova will compete against Kucova in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Tereza Martincova and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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