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Ningbo: Alexandrova beats Kostyuk 6-4 in the Round of 16

Four Round of 16 matches finished at Ningbo, led by Ekaterina Alexandrova's 6-4 win over Marta Kostyuk.

All results

  • Round of 16Ekaterina Alexandrova d. Marta Kostyuk6-4 Retired
  • Round of 16Sara Bejlek d. Sorana Cirstea7-6 6-4
  • Round of 16Marie Bouzkova d. Anastasia Zakharova7-5 6-2
  • Round of 16Leylah Fernandez d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich7-5 6-7 6-3

Ekaterina Alexandrova, ranked No. 33, beat the world No. 10 Marta Kostyuk 6-4 before Kostyuk retired. Alexandrova won 86 % of her first-serve points and converted 1 of 1 break points. A short, tidy match from the player who got the break she needed.

Round of 16 results, Ningbo
Round of 16 results, Ningbo

Sara Bejlek, ranked No. 32, beat Sorana Cirstea 7-6 6-4. Cirstea is ranked No. 17. Bejlek converted 4 of 6 break points and hit 3 aces to Cirstea’s 1. Cirstea created 9 chances and took 3 of them.

Leylah Fernandez beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5 6-7 6-3, the only Round of 16 match to go to a deciding set. Sasnovich, ranked No. 122, hit 38 winners to Fernandez’s 21 and took the second set. Fernandez converted 8 of 15 break points and won the decider.

Marie Bouzkova beat Anastasia Zakharova 7-5 6-2. Bouzkova, ranked No. 26, converted 6 of 13 break points. Zakharova, ranked No. 111, took 3 of her 5 chances.

Next in the draw, Iva Jovic plays Jasmine Paolini at 07:00 CEST and Katarzyna Kawa meets Belinda Bencic at 08:30 CEST. Alexandra Eala plays Diana Shnaider at 10:00 CEST. Elena Rybakina, the world No. 1, plays Polina Kudermetova at 13:00 CEST.

Data as of 06:30 CEST · API-Tennis

Key numbers

0AcesAlexandrova 0 · Kostyuk 1
1/1Break points wonAlexandrova 1/1 · Kostyuk 0/0
64%First-serve percentageAlexandrova 64% · Kostyuk 64%

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