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WTA Cincinnati, USAWomen's Singles · Round of 64 · HardCompleted
Peyton Stearns
6765
Clara Tauson27
7917
7-6(7), 1-6, 7-5P&G Stadium Court2h 50m

Keys to Victory

12
Aces
Tauson struck 12 aces to Stearns's 6.
On-air one-liner
Tauson outlasted Stearns 7-6(7), 1-6, 7-5 in a tight Cincinnati opener, powered by a 12-to-6 ace advantage.
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Game flow

StearnsTauson▼ break of serve
Set 175 min▾
1-0▼2-03-03-1▼3-23-34-34-45-45-5▼5-6▼6-6TB6-7
67-7
TB
Stearns6111234556666677
Tauson7012222233456778
Break
Stearns61530304040404040Ad40Ad40Ad404040Ad
Tauson60015153040Ad40404040404040Ad4040
Break
Stearns5000
Tauson6153040
Stearns501530304040Ad40Ad4040
Tauson515151530304040404040Ad
Stearns5151530304040Ad
Tauson40151530304040
Stearns400015304040
Tauson4153040404040Ad
Stearns4151530404040Ad
Tauson30151515304040
Stearns3000
Tauson3153040
Break
Stearns3000
Tauson2153040
Stearns3015153030
Tauson11515303040
Stearns300153040
Tauson01530303030
Break
Stearns2153040
Tauson0000
Stearns11515304040
Tauson0015151530

Breaks traded, then a tiebreak, Tauson took it 9-7.

Set 243 min▾
0-11-1▼2-13-1▼4-15-1▼6-1
6-1
Break
Stearns6151530404040Ad
Tauson10151515304040
Stearns515303040
Tauson1001515
Break
Stearns4015153040404040Ad
Tauson1151530303040Ad4040
Stearns3153040404040Ad40Ad40Ad
Tauson10001530404040404040
Break
Stearns215303040
Tauson1001515
Stearns1000153040Ad
Tauson115304040404040
Stearns01515303030
Tauson1015153040

Stearns broke for 2-1, 4-1 and 6-1 to take it 6-1.

Set 353 min▾
1-0▼2-0▼2-1▼3-14-14-2▼4-34-45-45-5▼5-65-7
5-7
Stearns50151515
Tauson715153040
Break
Stearns5001515
Tauson615303040
Stearns5001515
Tauson515303040
Stearns51530404040
Tauson40001530
Stearns415303030304040
Tauson40015304040Ad
Break
Stearns41515151530
Tauson3015304040
Stearns4001530404040
Tauson2153030303040Ad
Stearns40153040
Tauson115151515
Break
Stearns315303040
Tauson1001515
Break
Stearns20151515
Tauson115153040
Break
Stearns2015303040
Tauson01515153030
Stearns100153040
Tauson01530303030

Stearns broke for 2-0 and again for 3-1 but Tauson broke for 3-4 and again for 6-5, then held for 7-5 to take the set.

Match Stats

StearnsTauson
8
Aces
13
6
Double faults
10
56%
1st serve in
65%
65%
1st serve pts won
61%
7/19 (37%)
Break points won
5/9 (56%)
10/15 (67%)
Service games won
9/16 (56%)
7/16 (44%)
Return games won
5/15 (33%)
60/126 (48%)
Return points won
48/102 (47%)
114
Total points won
114
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.