Czech Barbora Krejčíková defeated Germany’s Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round of the WTA 500 event in Singapore, 6-0 5-7 7-6(4), to advance to the second round. The tournament is being played on hard courts, and the prize money is $1,2 mln. Friedsam is 260th in the rankings with 294 points, according to rank.tennis.
Krejčíková took the first set 6-0. Friedsam then leveled the match by taking the second set 7-5. The outcome was decided by a tiebreak in the third set, where Krejčíková came out on top, 7-4.
What the numbers show
According to api.tennis, there were plenty of breaks in the match. Krejčíková converted 7 of 12 break points, while Friedsam converted 5 of 9. Krejčíková hit 4 aces and made 5 double faults, while Friedsam had 3 aces and 3 doubles. Krejčíková won 33 points on her first serve from 48 first serves, while Friedsam won 35 points from 70. In total points played, the winner was ahead, 105 to 84.
For Krejčíková, this win snapped a three-match losing streak: before Singapore, she had lost to Ludmila Samsonova in the second round in Montreal, to Sara Bejlek in the second round in Cincinnati and to Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round of the US Open. In the head-to-head with Friedsam, Krejčíková leads 4:0. She earned two wins in 2020, and two more, including the Singapore one, came in 2026.