TENNIS SCORES. Veronika Kudermetova bests Lepchenko in the 1st round of the Japan Women’s Open

JAPAN WOMEN'S OPEN - HIROSHIMA. Kudermetova bests Lepchenko

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Varvara Lepchenko

Veronika Kudermetova downs Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Hiroshima on Monday.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Lepchenko didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the Russian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Varvara 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Varvara was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

2nd set.

Kudermetova in this set played at a much higher level than Varvara and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Lepchenko in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 67 points vs. Varvara’s 50 points.

Veronika didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Lepchenko didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kudermetova and Lepchenko is 2-0 for Veronika.

Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs. Varvara Lepchenko Japan Women’s Open – Hiroshima

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