TENNIS SCORES NEW YORK. Ferocious Ahn exterminates Kalinskaya in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Ahn exterminates Kalinskaya to come up against Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Kristie Ahn vs. Anna Kalinskaya

Kristie Ahn powers past Anna Kalinskaya 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday after playing a solid match to square off with Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Ahn had a racing start in this set after breaking Kalinskaya in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Ahn to win the set as Anna managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Ahn maintained her focus to break Anna in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

2nd set.

The American won the set after she broke Kalinskaya 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Kalinskaya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nevertheless, Kristie didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-3.

Ahn failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

A crucial moment of the match was when Kristie won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Ahn and Kalinskaya is 1-0 for Kristie.

Highlights Kristie Ahn vs. Anna Kalinskaya U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Kristie Ahn vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Ahn will compete against Ostapenko in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Kristie Ahn and Jelena Ostapenko fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ahn (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Ahn won 2-6 7-65 7-5 in the 1st round in Bogota back in April 2019.

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