Iga Swiatek on why it is going to be tough vs. Halep after her win against Ferro. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Swiatek topples Ferro to compete against Simona Halep in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Simona Halep And Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek overcomes Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday in 1 hour and 24 minutes. Swiatek will seek to keep on going in this event against Simona Halep in the 4th round.

Swiatek
Melbourne
Swiatek's Record

About playing vs. Halep

Swiatek will face Halep in the 4th round. This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Swiatek and Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Swiatek was happy after beating Fiona Ferro and she released the following comment about playing the former world no.1 in the next round.

“Last match, it was great, but I was feeling perfectly in Paris. So it’s gonna be hard to be the same shape again, so I’m not expecting that I’m gonna win easily. It’s going to be a tough match, and I just hope we’re gonna play good and longer maybe.”

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Fiona Ferro Australian Open – Melbourne

Swiatek’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Ferro
Iga Swiatek
6-4 6-3
1h:24
Fiona Ferro
65
65
Total points
52
52
22
22
Winners
20
20
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
27
27
Unforced
27
27
50%
50%
Ratio Unforced
50%
50%
6/7
6/7
Net Approaches
2/9
2/9
86%
86%
Perc
22%
22%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
63%
63%
1st in
58%
58%
67%
67%
1st won
53%
53%
22/33
22/33
1st won
20/38
20/38
37%
37%
2nd won
33%
33%
7/19
7/19
2nd won
9/27
9/27
179
179
Fastest serve
176
176
154
154
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
125
125
-- Break Points --
6/17
6/17
Total
3/4
3/4
35%
35%
Won
75%
75%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Iga scored 65 points vs. Ferro’s 52.

Swiatek

Iga won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Ferro

On the other side, Ferro was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Ferro is 1-0 for Iga.

The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2020. Swiatek added to her prize money $ 105,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 320,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Iga will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 525,000 in total.

Iga Swiatek Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Swiatek HTML
SwiatekFerro
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S
0
0
F
0
0

Swiatek conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Halep in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Iga to win the set since Fiona managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Iga kept her cool to break Ferro in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

Anyhow also Ferro won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

Iga converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fiona was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 0-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Iga was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Ferro (34-28). Swiatek surrendered 13 points on serve (15-13). On the losing side, Fiona conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

2nd Set -
Swiatek Not
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0
0
0
0

Swiatek started the set in the best possible way after breaking Halep in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Iga to win the set as Fiona managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. Swiatek kept her cool to break Fiona in the 9th (6-3) game.

Swiatek failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

Swiatek was unable to break Ferro in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Swiatek converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Fiona converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 55 points. Swiatek won 7 points more than Ferro (31-24). Swiatek dropped 10 points on serve (14-10). on the other side of the net, Ferro conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).

 

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