Sorana Cirstea topples Tomljanovic in the 2nd round to play vs Annie Fernandez or Lys at the Hong Kong Tennis Open – HONG KONG RESULTS

Sorana Cirstea bests Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Cirstea will face Leylah Annie Fernandez or Eva Lys in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes.

Hong Kong

Cirstea's Record

Cirstea added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sorana will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea

Tomljanovic

4-6 6-4 6-3
2h:21

105

105

Total points

95

95

48

48

Winners

38

38

46%

46%

Ratio Winners

40%

40%

-- Serve --

13

13

Aces

1

1

4

4

Double Faults

7

7

58%

58%

1st in

69%

69%

73%

73%

1st won

64%

64%

48/66

48/66

1st won

38/59

38/59

40%

40%

2nd won

37%

37%

19/48

19/48

2nd won

10/27

10/27

-- Break Points --

5/13

5/13

Total

4/13

4/13

38%

38%

Won

31%

31%

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At the end of the match, Cirstea scored 105 points vs. the Australian’s 95.

Cirstea

Sorana struck 13 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Sorana won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Tomljanovic

On the other side, Ajla was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Tomljanovic is 2-3 for Ajla.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez or Eva Lys – stats

Cirstea will take on either Leylah Annie Fernandez or Eva Lys in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez and 0-1 vs. Eva Lys.

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ajla conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Romanian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Tomljanovic was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 9^th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Romanian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 61 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Australian won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Sorana (29-32). Tomljanovic conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). On the losing side, the Romanian conceded 7 points on serve (21-7).

The Romanian won the set after she broke the Australian 3 times in the 6^th (4-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Tomljanovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Yet, Sorana maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Cirstea converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 15-40), the 8^th (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Tomljanovic converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 15-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 80 points. Sorana won 4 more points than the Australian (42-38). Cirstea surrendered 23 points on serve (25-23). On the other side, Ajla conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

Cirstea started the set in the best possible way after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set since Tomljanovic found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game.

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

The Romanian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 5^th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Australian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 7^th (1-5 40-A) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cirstea won just 3 points more than the Australian (31-28). Cirstea dropped 17 points on serve (21-17). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

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