Unforgiving Pavlyuchenkova blitzes Stosur in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Pavlyuchenkova blitzes Stosur to fight against Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Samantha Stosur

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova annihilates Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to play Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2017, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pavlyuchenkova
Melbourne
Pavlyuchenkova's Record

Anastasia added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pavlyuchenkova will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Samantha Stosur Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pavlyuchenkova
Stosur
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6-2 6-2
1h:09
Samantha Stosur
59
59
Total points
40
40
28
28
Winners
18
18
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
17
17
Unforced
23
23
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
6/8
6/8
Net Approaches
8/12
8/12
75%
75%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
76%
76%
1st in
60%
60%
76%
76%
1st won
60%
60%
28/37
28/37
1st won
18/30
18/30
33%
33%
2nd won
25%
25%
4/12
4/12
2nd won
5/20
5/20
172
172
Fastest serve
181
181
150
150
AVG 1st Serve
160
160
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
5/5
5/5
Total
1/3
1/3
100%
100%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Pavlyuchenkova scored 59 points vs. Stosur’s 40.

Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia served very well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 33% points (4/12) on her second serve. Anastasia was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5).

Stosur

On the other side, Stosur had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Stosur is 5-5.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will face Cirstea in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 3-3 for Pavlyuchenkova and Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 2-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2018.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Pavlyuchenkova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Samantha Stosur in the 1st game (1-0). Pavlyuchenkova managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Australian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Pavlyuchenkova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Samantha wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 47 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Samantha (28-19). Pavlyuchenkova dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

2nd Set -
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Pavlyuchenkova had a strong start of this set after breaking Samantha Stosur in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Pavlyuchenkova to win the set because Stosur managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Russian kept her focus to break Samantha in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Anastasia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Australian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 52 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Australian (31-21). Pavlyuchenkova surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). On the other side, Stosur conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

 

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