In the 1/8 finals, 61 rackets of the World, American Jessica Pegula and 5th racket of the World, Odessa Elina Svitolina met. In this meeting, the bookmakers offer odds to win Elina: 1.38. You can bet on Pegula's victory with odds of 3.25. At the same time, TM21.5 and TB21.5 offer almost the same coefficient. TB - 1.92 and TM = 1.94. But only the game will dot the "i" s. How did the meeting go? Who makes it to the quarterfinals? Who will the winner of the ¼ final meet?
First set events
Svitolina got the first serve in the match. In the 1st game Svitolina, winning 0 - 40, lost three draws in a row. Pegula compares the score: 40 - 40. Still, Elina wins the game on her serve. In the 2nd game, Svitolina imposed a fight. In the course of the game, the score was 40 - 40. But Pegula was able to take a point on her serve. Svitolina wins the third game (1 - 2). The American managed to win the 4th game (2 - 2). In the 5th game, after the score “exactly” Svitolina wins two rallies in a row and takes a point on her serve (2 - 3). In the 6th game, the American takes a point on her serve (3 - 3).
In the 7th game, an amazing event happened. Elina was unable to score a point on her serve. Pegula converted a break point and moved forward (4 - 3). In the 8th game, Pegula wins a point on his serve (5 - 3). In the 9th game, with the score "even", Svitolina wins 2 consecutive draws. She takes a point on her serve (5 - 4). In the 10th game, Pegula wins a point on his serve. She wins the first set: 6 - 4.
Second set
In the first set, Pegula was able to realize a break point. She took the lead 1 - 0. In the second game Svitolina answered with her break-point. The score becomes equal. In the 3rd game Svitolina was losing 40 - 15. But Elina was able to equalize the score in the game 40 - 40. After the second game, she won 2 rallies. Thus, she wins the game (1 - 2). In the 4th game, Svitolina realized her break point. At that time, the implementation of breaks was 100%. Odessa took the lead in the score 1 - 3. Svitolina wins the 5th game (1 - 4). In the 6th game, after 3 "exactly" Pegula was able to win a point on her serve (2 - 4).
Svitolina confidently wins the 7th game (2 - 5). Ultimately, in the 8th game, Pegula takes a point on his serve. In game 9, Elina wins on her serve. Odessa wins the set: 3 - 6.
Third, decisive set
In the third set, the situation for the Odessa woman turned out to be very difficult. In the first five games, Elina was able to win only one point. Pegula took the lead in the score 4 - 1. Svitolina wins the sixth game at 0. The score becomes 4 - 2. In fact, the gap is only one break.
In the 7th game, Svitolina realized a break point. The score becomes 4 - 3. Unfortunately, in the 8th game Svitolina could not win a point on her serve. She was down 40 - 0. But she evened the score. In the end, however, Pegula realized the break point. The score becomes 5 - 3. This is before the American serve. Ultimately, Pegula wins the decisive point on his serve. She won the set with a score: 6 - 3. The final score of the meeting: 2 - 1.
Statistics
The match lasted 1 hour 56 minutes.
Svitolina made 1 double mistake more than her rival: 2 - 3.
The American made more unforced mistakes: 40 - 25
Aces draw: 4 - 4. Break-point realization: Pegula - 4 out of 14 = 29%, Elina - 3 out of 6 = 50%.
Active points scored: 31 - 19.
Total points won: 91 - 87.
Total number of games played: 28.
Thus, Svitolina leaves the tournament after 4 rounds. She was unable to make it to the ¼ final. The woman from Odesa has written herself 240 credit rating points. She got $ 245,920 in prize money. As we can see, those who put on the American woman were right in this match. Gone are the TB rates.
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