Ruthless Swiatek clobbers Bucsa in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Swiatek demolishes Bucsa to fight against Elena Rybakina in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa

Iga Swiatek mullers Cristina Bucsa 6-0 6-1 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a tremendous match to square off with Elena Rybakina in the 4th round. The match lasted just 55 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Swiatek
Melbourne
Swiatek's Record

Swiatek added to her prize money $ 110,325 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add $ 217,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa Australian Open – Melbourne

Swiatek’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Bucsa
Iga Swiatek
6-0 6-1
0h:55
Cristina Bucsa
52
52
Total points
19
19
17
17
Winners
9
9
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
6
6
Unforced
21
21
22%
22%
Ratio Unforced
78%
78%
1/3
1/3
Net Approaches
4/6
4/6
33%
33%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
62%
62%
85%
85%
1st won
39%
39%
17/20
17/20
1st won
9/23
9/23
79%
79%
2nd won
29%
29%
11/14
11/14
2nd won
4/14
4/14
183
183
Fastest serve
157
157
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
130
130
AVG 2nd Serve
123
123
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Iga scored 52 points vs. the Spaniard’s 19.

Swiatek

Iga served pretty well to win 85% of the points (17/20) behind her first serve, and she won 79% points (11/14) on her second serve. The Pole was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).

Bucsa

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Swiatek will square off with Rybakina in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 7-65 6-2 in the quarter in Ostrava back in 2021.

Iga Swiatek Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Swiatek 6-0
SwiatekBucsa
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SwiatekBucsa
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SwiatekBucsa
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SwiatekBucsa
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
SwiatekBucsa
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
SwiatekBucsa
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

There was not much story in this set as the Pole conceded no games to the Spaniard before winning the set 6-0.

Swiatek won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-0 to .

They played 30 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 22 points more than Bucsa (26-4). Iga was perfect on serve to drop just 1 point during her serving games (12-1). On the other side, Bucsa conceded 14 points on serve (3-14).

2nd Set -
Swiatek 6-1
SwiatekBucsa
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SwiatekBucsa
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
40
30
40
SwiatekBucsa
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
SwiatekBucsa
4
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SwiatekBucsa
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SwiatekBucsa
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SwiatekBucsa
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Swiatek started the set strong after breaking Cristina Bucsa in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Iga managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Cristina in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when the Pole won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

They contested 40 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the Spaniard (28-12). The Pole dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Cristina conceded 12 points on serve (7-12).

1st
Swiatek
Bucsa
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Swiatek
Bucsa
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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