Taylor Townsend stuns Kateryna Kozlova 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Townsend will clash against Simona Halep in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kozlova had a racing start in this set after breaking Townsend in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Kozlova to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Townsend conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Townsend enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kozlova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The American reinforced her lead after breaking Kozlova in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of the match was when Taylor won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 98 points vs. Kozlova’s 84 points.
Taylor served pretty well to win 77% of the points (47/61) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 41% points (11/27) on her second serve. Townsend blasted 12 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Taylor won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Kateryna had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Townsend and Kozlova is 1-0 for Taylor.
Highlights Taylor Townsend vs. Kateryna Kozlova U.S. Open – New York
Next Match: Taylor Townsend vs. Simona Halep – stats
Townsend will fight against Halep in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Taylor Townsend and Simona Halep fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2019.
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