TENNIS SCORES. Friedsam shocks Zavatska in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Friedsam stuns Zavatska to take on Caroline Dolehide in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Katarina Zavatska

Anna-Lena Friedsam upsets Katarina Zavatska 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday. Friedsam will have to play Caroline Dolehide in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Friedsam had a strong start of this set after breaking Zavatska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, that was not enough for Anna-Lena to win the set as Zavatska found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The German maintained her focus to break Katarina in the 8th (6-2) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Anna-Lena won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Katarina conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

The German won the set after she broke Katarina in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Ukrainian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, the German kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the German scored 88 points vs. Zavatska’s 75 points.

Anna-Lena won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Katarina was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 43% of her break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Friedsam and Zavatska is 1-0 for Anna-Lena.

Next Match: Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Caroline Dolehide – stats

Friedsam will compete against Dolehide in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Anna-Lena Friedsam and Caroline Dolehide since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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