
Marta Kostyuk dispatches Elina Avanesyan 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Kostyuk is going to play against Maria Timofeeva in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2018, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Kostyuk added to her prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kostyuk will add $ 225,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Elina Avanesyan Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marta scored 112 points vs. Avanesyan’s 111.
Kostyuk
The Ukrainian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 29% (7/24) of the procured opportunities.
Avanesyan
On the other side, Avanesyan had a tough time converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Avanesyan is 1-0 for Marta.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Maria Timofeeva – stats
Kostyuk will fight against Timofeeva in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Maria Timofeeva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk had a great start in this set after breaking Elina Avanesyan in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Elina succeeded in coming back to break the Ukrainian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Kostyuk couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Marta was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 61 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Marta (37-24). The Russian dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, Marta conceded 21 points on serve (14-21).
Kostyuk won the set after she broke Avanesyan in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Elina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Ukrainian managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Kostyuk failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Ukrainian converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 8th (5-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Elina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 78 points. The Ukrainian won 10 more points than Avanesyan (44-34). Kostyuk dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). on the other side of the court, Elina conceded 23 points on serve (19-23).
Kostyuk didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elina Avanesyan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Kostyuk to win the set because the Russian found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Kostyuk kept her focus to break Avanesyan in the 10th (6-4) game.
Anyhow also the Russian won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4
Marta converted 25% of her break points (3/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Elina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marta won just 2 more points than Avanesyan (41-39). Kostyuk lost 16 points on serve (15-16). on the other side of the court, Avanesyan conceded 26 points on serve (23-26).
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