TENNIS SCORES NEW YORK. Superlative Flipkens rolls over Jaksic in the qualifications in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Flipkens demolishes Jaksic to play Johanna Larsson in the qualifications

Kirsten Flipkens blitzes Jovana Jaksic 6-2 6-0 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to play Johanna Larsson in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Flipkens got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jaksic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Belgian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Jaksic in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

2nd set.

The Serbian was totally subdued and Flipkens won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Flipkens scored 56 points vs. Jovana’s 30 points.

The Belgian served extremely well to win 89% of the points (24/27) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 35% points (6/17) on her second serve. The Belgian was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Jovana wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Flipkens and Jaksic is 1-0 for Kirsten.

Next Match: Kirsten Flipkens vs. Johanna Larsson – stats

Flipkens will compete against Larsson in the qualifications.

This will be the 4th time that Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Larsson (see full H2H stats), but Flipkens has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Flipkens won 7-61 1-6 7-63 in the 1st round in Auckland back in 2015.

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