TENNIS SCORES. Bolkvadze shocks Pera in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

Mariam Bolkvadze stuns Bernarda Pera 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1^st round in New York on Monday. Bolkvadze will play Karolina Pliskova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Georgean won the set after she broke Pera in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That was sufficient for the Georgean to win the set as she didn’t concede her serve during the rest of the set.

Bolkvadze missed the opportunity to break the American in the 3^rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Pera clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8^th (3-5) game, Pera broke back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

The Georgean lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

3^rd set.

Pera had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bolkvadze in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Mariam refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Pera 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The American had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Georgean scored 111 points vs. the American’s 105 points.

The Georgean won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 30% (6/20). On the other side, the American had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 44% of her break points (4/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Bolkvadze and Pera is 1-0 for Mariam.

Highlights Mariam Bolkvadze vs. Bernarda Pera U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Mariam Bolkvadze vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Bolkvadze will fight against Pliskova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Mariam Bolkvadze and Karolina Pliskova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

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