NEW YORK. Amanda Anisimova conquers Riske in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Anisimova defeats Riske to take on Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Amanda Anisimova vs. Alison Riske

Amanda Anisimova topples Alison Riske 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Saturday in what was an all-American match. Anisimova will face Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Anisimova snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Anisimova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Anisimova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 52 points. Anisimova was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Alison (31-21). Amanda dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Riske conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

Anisimova won the set after she broke Alison 4 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Alison tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. However, Amanda didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.

Amanda failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

Anisimova converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alison was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).

They played 49 points. Amanda won 7 points more than Alison (28-21). Anisimova surrendered 10 points on serve (9-10). on the other side of the court, Riske conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).

Amanda will add to her prize money $ 3,200 after winning this match. She has won already $ 14,200 after this win. If she wins the next match, Amanda will add $ 7,800 to her earnings to earn $ 22,000 in total.

Match Statistics

Anisimova
Riske
59
59
Total points
44
44
22
22
Winners
21
21
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
71%
71%
1st in
57%
57%
69%
69%
1st won
64%
64%
22/32
22/32
1st won
21/33
21/33
54%
54%
2nd won
28%
28%
7/13
7/13
2nd won
7/25
7/25
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
2/2
2/2
56%
56%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Anisimova scored 59 points vs. Riske’s 44.

Amanda was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Alison was remarkable in converting all her break points (2/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Anisimova and Riske is 1-0 for Amanda.

Draw and next match H2H: Amanda Anisimova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Anisimova will compete against Pegula in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Amanda Anisimova and Jessica Pegula since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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