
Lilli Tagger upsets Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday. Tagger will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Maria Sakkari in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Lilli added to her prize money $ 11,775 after winning this match. She has already won $ 36,110 after this win. If she wins the next match, Tagger will add $ 25,755 to her earnings to get in total $ 61,865 in total.
Highlights Lilli Tagger vs. Varvara Gracheva BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Lilli scored 65 points vs. Varvara’s 47.
Tagger
Tagger served pretty well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (11/19) on her second serve. Lilli won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Gracheva
On the other side, Gracheva had some problems converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tagger and Gracheva is 1-0 for Lilli.
Draw and next match H2H: Lilli Tagger vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Tagger will fight against Sakkari in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Lilli Tagger and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Tagger conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). The Austrian extended her lead after breaking the French player in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Gracheva was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Tagger converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Austrian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Lilli won 12 more points than Gracheva (31-19). Tagger was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Gracheva conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
The Austrian won the set after she broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The French player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, Lilli kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
The Austrian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Varvara converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Tagger won 6 more points than Varvara (34-28). The Austrian lost 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
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