
Joanna Garland hustles Arina Rodionova 6-2 7-6(2) in the quarter in Chennai on Friday. Garland will square off with Kimberly Birrell in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Garland added to her prize money $ 5,150 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,970 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 9,514 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,484.
Highlights Joanna Garland vs. Arina Rodionova Chennai Open – Chennai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 81 points vs. the Australian’s 56.
Garland
The Chinese was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Rodionova
On the other side, the Australian was battling in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Garland and Rodionova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Joanna Garland vs. Kimberly Birrell – stats
Garland will play Birrell in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Joanna Garland and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Garland had a strong start of this set after breaking Arina Rodionova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Chinese to win the set because Rodionova managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Garland maintained her cool to break Arina in the 8th (6-2) game.
Joanna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when Garland won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Garland converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Also, on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 49 points. Garland conquered the set after winning 19 points more than the Australian (34-15). Joanna dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
Garland won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Joanna broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-2.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Joanna won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Joanna won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Chinese converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Rodionova converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 88 points. Joanna was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Australian (47-41). Garland conceded 24 points on serve (29-24). In addition, on the other side, Rodionova conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Tennis Scores in Chennai
- Joanna GarlandGarland – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-2 7-62)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-0)
- Janice TjenTjen – Mia PohankovaPohankova (6-3 6-1)
- Lanlana TararudeeTararudee – Polina IatcenkoIatcenko (6-0 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H details and stats





