Victoria Azarenka topples Kalinina in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Swiatek at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka topples Kalinina to fight against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Victoria Azarenka victorious over Anhelina Kalinina 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. Azarenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2010. Here you can see her history at this event.

Azarenka
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Azarenka's Record

The Belarussian added to her prize money $ 6,600 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Victoria will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Anhelina Kalinina Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Kalinina
Victoria Azarenka
2-6 7-64 6-4
2h:52
Anhelina Kalinina
104
104
Total points
104
104
34
34
Winners
37
37
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
8
8
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
54%
54%
1st in
55%
55%
64%
64%
1st won
62%
62%
34/53
34/53
1st won
37/60
37/60
41%
41%
2nd won
43%
43%
19/46
19/46
2nd won
21/49
21/49
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
7/15
7/15
55%
55%
Won
47%
47%
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The Belarussian won this encounter even if she conquered the same amount of points of Kalinina (104 vs. 104).

Azarenka

Azarenka was pretty good at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Kalinina

On the other side, the Ukrainian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Azarenka and Kalinina is 2-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Azarenka will square off with Swiatek in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Doha back in 2024.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kalinina 6-2
KalininaAzarenka
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KalininaAzarenka
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KalininaAzarenka
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
KalininaAzarenka
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
KalininaAzarenka
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KalininaAzarenka
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KalininaAzarenka
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
KalininaAzarenka
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KalininaAzarenka
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

Azarenka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Anhelina Kalinina in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Anhelina succeeded in coming back to break Victoria 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Kalinina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when the Ukrainian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Ukrainian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, Victoria was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 7th (1-5 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 67 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Belarussian (40-27). Anhelina surrendered 17 points on serve (20-17). On the other side, the Belarussian conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).

2nd Set -
Azarenka 7-6
AzarenkaKalinina
7
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
AzarenkaKalinina
7
6
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
3
2
3
2
4
3
4
4
4
5
4
6
4
AzarenkaKalinina
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaKalinina
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaKalinina
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaKalinina
4
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaKalinina
3
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaKalinina
2
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaKalinina
2
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AzarenkaKalinina
1
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
AzarenkaKalinina
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
AzarenkaKalinina
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
AzarenkaKalinina
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Azarenka clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Azarenka broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Victoria was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40). On the other side, Kalinina converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 76 points. Victoria won 6 more points than the Ukrainian (41-35). Victoria lost 11 points on serve (24-11). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).

3rd Set -
Azarenka 6-4
AzarenkaKalinina
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaKalinina
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaKalinina
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaKalinina
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaKalinina
2
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
AzarenkaKalinina
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaKalinina
1
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaKalinina
0
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
AzarenkaKalinina
0
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Azarenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Anhelina Kalinina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Azarenka managed to stage a good comeback to break Anhelina 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Anhelina was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Azarenka converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kalinina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (3-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 65 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Kalinina (35-30). Victoria dropped 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).

1st
Azarenka
Kalinina
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Azarenka
Kalinina
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Azarenka
Kalinina
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
 

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