
Dayana Yastremska outlasts Cristina Bucsa 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Doha on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Yastremska will have to play Elina Svitolina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Yastremska added to her prize money $ 7,700 after winning this match. She has already won $ 26,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yastremska will add $ 23,250 to her earnings to get in total $ 49,250 in total.
Highlights Dayana Yastremska vs. Cristina Bucsa Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yastremska scored 108 points vs. Cristina’s 100.
Yastremska
Yastremska didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (9/12).
Bucsa
On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 53% of the break points that she procured points (9/17). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Yastremska and Bucsa is 3-0 for Dayana.
Draw and next match H2H: Dayana Yastremska vs. Elina Svitolina – stats
Yastremska will compete against Svitolina in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Dayana Yastremska and Elina Svitolina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 6-2 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Yastremska had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Cristina Bucsa in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Yastremska to win the set since Cristina succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Ukrainian maintained her focus to break Cristina in the 10th (6-4) game.
Yastremska failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Yastremska won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0. Notwithstanding also Bucsa won 4 consecutive games from 0-5 to 4-5
Dayana converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Cristina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. Yastremska won 7 more points than Cristina (35-28). The Ukrainian lost 13 points on serve (17-13). On the other side, Cristina conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
Bucsa won the set after she broke the Ukrainian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Dayana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, the Spaniard didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
The Spaniard was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A), the 9th (5-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Yastremska was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 72 points. This set was so close that, Cristina won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Spaniard surrendered 20 points on serve (16-20). on the other side of the net, Yastremska conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
Yastremska won the set after she broke Bucsa 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Nevertheless, Yastremska maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
The Ukrainian won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Bucsa won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 4th (2-2), 7th (3-4) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Yastremska was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). Dayana saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Cristina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 72 points. This set was so close that, The Ukrainian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Yastremska dropped 16 points on serve (19-16). On the other side, Cristina conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
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