Johanna Konta powers past Irina-Camelia Begu 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday after playing a extraordinary match to come up against Garbine Muguruza in the 3rd round.
The Brit will add to her prize money € 5,610 after winning this match. She has won already € 19,355 after this win. If she wins the next match, Johanna will add € 18,555 to her earnings to get in total € 37,910 in total.
Highlights Johanna Konta vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Johanna scored 61 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 40.
The Brit was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Begu had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Konta and Begu is 1-0 for Johanna.
Draw and next match H2H: Johanna Konta vs. Garbine Muguruza – stats
Konta will fight against Muguruza in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Johanna Konta and Garbine Muguruza play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Konta and Muguruza (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Muguruza won 6-4 6-73 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided because the Brit conceded no games to the Romanian before winning the set 6-0.
Konta converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Irina-Camelia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (0-5 30-40).
They played 40 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Irina-Camelia (28-12). Johanna was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). On the other side, Irina-Camelia conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
The Brit won the set after she broke Begu in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Nonetheless, Konta didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
There was an important spell in this set when Johanna won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Konta converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Irina-Camelia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 61 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Begu (33-28). Johanna surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Konta’s Interview
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Cori GauffGauff (7-63 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-72 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (4-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (4-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Johanna KontaKonta (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Polona HercogHercog – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats