TENNIS SCORES. Alison Riske gets the better of Muguruza in the 1st round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Riske tops Muguruza to face Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Garbine Muguruza

Alison Riske overcomes Garbine Muguruza 2-6 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Riske will fight against Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Spaniard in this set was too strong for Alison and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Alison in the 3rd (2-1) game. the Spaniard was broken in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).

Riske was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Riske had a favorable start in this set after breaking Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set as the Spaniard managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The American kept her focus to break Muguruza in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Garbine was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3rd set.

Muguruza didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Riske in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Riske was not done to come back to break the Spaniard in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alison scored 91 points vs. Garbine’s 82 points.

Riske won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 41% (7/17). On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 42% of her break points (5/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Riske and Muguruza is 2-2.

Highlights Alison Riske vs. Garbine Muguruza U.S. Open – New York

Riske’s Interview

Next Match: Alison Riske vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Riske will play Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alison Riske and Jelena Ostapenko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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