TENNIS SCORES. Putintseva topples Zidansek in the 1st round in Zhengzhou

Yulia Putintseva wins against Tamara Zidansek 6-1 5-7 6-1 in the 1^st round in Zhengzhou on Monday. Putintseva will play against Elina Svitolina in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Putintseva enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Zidansek in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set as Tamara managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Kazakhstani maintained her focus to break Tamara in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Tamara lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

The Slovenian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Zidansek broke back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Yulia was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

3^rd set.

Putintseva had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Zidansek in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yulia extended her lead after breaking the Slovenian in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 91 points vs. Zidansek’s 70 points.

Putintseva served pretty well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 47% points (16/34) on her second serve. Yulia was pretty good in converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13). On the other side, the Slovenian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Putintseva and Zidansek is 2-1 for Yulia.

Next Match: Yulia Putintseva vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Putintseva will fight against Svitolina in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Yulia Putintseva and Elina Svitolina square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Moscow back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

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• Petra MarticMartic – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-1 5-7 6-1) – See score progression

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