World No. 123 Tatiana Prozorova beat tournament third seed Alexandra Eala, the world No. 18, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the second round of the WTA 500 event in Singapore. The match lasted 188 minutes, with the sets going 2:1 in Prozorova’s favor.
Match progress
Eala took the first set, 6-4. Prozorova levelled the match in the second set, winning it 7-5. The deciding set also went Prozorova’s way, as she closed out the match 6-3.
On her way through the Singapore tournament, Prozorova also defeated Sofia Costoulas in the first round, 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-2, and then beat Xinyu Wang in the quarterfinals, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Match statistics
Prozorova fired 4 aces to her opponent’s 1 and committed 3 double faults to Eala’s 7. On the first serve, Prozorova won 50 points on 78 serves, while Eala had 35 points on 67 serves. Prozorova converted 7 of 12 break points, while Eala converted 6 of 17. In total points won in the match, Prozorova finished with 118, Eala with 113.
This was the first meeting between the two players, and it ended with a win for Prozorova.