
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva stuns Yulia Putintseva 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Merida on Monday. Jimenez Kasintseva is going to play against Tatjana Maria or Magda Linette in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Victoria added to her prize money $ 5,095 after winning this match. She has already won $ 17,795 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Andorran will add $ 15,680 to her earnings to get in total $ 33,475 in total.
Highlights Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Yulia Putintseva Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Andorran won this match even if she scored less points than Yulia (90 vs. 99).
Jimenez Kasintseva
Jimenez Kasintseva won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 41% (7/17) of the procured opportunities.
Putintseva
On the other side, Yulia was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (8/16). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Jimenez Kasintseva and Putintseva is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Tatjana Maria or Magda Linette – stats
Jimenez Kasintseva will come up against either Tatjana Maria or Magda Linette in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Tatjana Maria and 0-0 vs. Magda Linette.
Live score progression and stats
Jimenez Kasintseva started the set strong after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Victoria managed to stage a good comeback to break Putintseva 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Andorran failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Jimenez Kasintseva won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.
Victoria converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 91 points. Jimenez Kasintseva was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Yulia (48-43). The Andorran dropped 22 points on serve (24-22). on the other side of the net, Yulia conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).
Putintseva was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Jimenez Kasintseva 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Putintseva failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
The Andorran had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Yulia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Jimenez Kasintseva was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 8th game (0-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 45 points. Putintseva won 15 points more than the Andorran (30-15). Yulia dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Victoria conceded 14 points on serve (5-14).
Victoria won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Yulia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Nevertheless, Victoria kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Putintseva lost the 7th game (3-4) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. Yulia couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The Andorran converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Putintseva converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 53 points. The contest during this set was so even that Jimenez Kasintseva won just 1 point more than the Kazakhstani (27-26). Victoria lost 15 points on serve (11-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Putintseva conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
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