Victoria Azarenka overcomes Andrea Petkovic 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Berlin on Tuesday. Azarenka will engage against Angelique Kerber in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Azarenka added to her prize money € 1,250 after winning this match. She has won already € 6,612 after this win. If she wins the next match, Azarenka will add € 5,888 to her earnings to get in total € 12,500 in total.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Andrea Petkovic Betti Open – Berlin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Azarenka scored 88 points vs. Petkovic’s 73.
Azarenka
Victoria won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Petkovic
On the other side, Andrea was not so effective in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Petkovic is 3-1 for Victoria.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Angelique Kerber – stats
Azarenka will compete against Kerber in the 2nd round.
This will be the 11th time that Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber square off. The head to head is 9-1 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Azarenka won 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Victoria snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Belarussian missed the chance to break Petkovic in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Belarussian converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. Victoria won 8 points more than Petkovic (35-27). The Belarussian conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Andrea conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Kerber started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Victoria found the way to come back to break the German 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
Azarenka won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the German won a minibreak in the 6th (1-5) point.
The Belarussian won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
The Belarussian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Petkovic converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 99 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Andrea (52-47). The Belarussian lost 26 points on serve (29-26). On the other side, Petkovic conceded 23 points on serve (21-23).
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