Petra Martic downs Clara Tauson 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Martic will play Maria Sakkari in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2012. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:40
At the end of the match, Petra scored 71 points vs. Clara’s 55.
Martic
Petra was effective at converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).
Tauson
On the other side, the Dane didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Martic and Tauson is 1-0 for Petra.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Martic will take on Sakkari in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Petra Martic and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Sakkari won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Australia back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Martic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Clara Tauson in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Martic to win the set because Tauson succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Petra maintained her focus to break Tauson in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Petra was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, Tauson was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They played 60 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Clara (34-26). Petra surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Tauson conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Martic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Croatian to win the set as Tauson managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Croatian maintained her cool to break Tauson in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0. However also Tauson won 5 consecutive games from 0-4 to 5-4
Petra converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Tauson converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40).
They contested 66 points. Martic was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Tauson (37-29). Martic conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Clara conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Dalma GalfiGalfi (4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Petra MarticMartic (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
