MELBOURNE RESULTS. Great Kerber too good for Cocciaretto in the 1st round of the Australian Open

Angelique Kerber exterminates Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Priscilla Hon in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kerber overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Cocciaretto in the 1^st game (1-0). The German managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Italian in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

The Italian capitulated the 7^th game (5-2) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

2^nd set.

Kerber conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Cocciaretto in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Angelique to win the set since the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 6^th (1-5) game.

Kerber failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Kerber won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the German scored 73 points vs. the Italian’s 51 points.

Kerber won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Elisabetta was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kerber and Cocciaretto is 1-0 for Angelique.

Highlights Angelique Kerber vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Australian Open – Melbourne

Kerber’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Angelique Kerber vs. Priscilla Hon – stats

Kerber will face Hon in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Angelique Kerber and Priscilla Hon since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-6⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Timea BabosBabos (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Shuai PengPeng (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Yafan WangWang (7-6⁵ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (5-7 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-6³ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Johanna KontaKonta (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Misaki DoiDoi (2-6 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Jennifer BradyBrady (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-3 2-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Maria SharapovaSharapova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Qiang WangWang – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Antonia LottnerLottner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Shelby RogersRogers (0-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ann LiLi – Lizette CabreraCabrera (7-6⁴ 7-6¹⁰) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Johanna LarssonLarsson (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Samantha StosurStosur (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Venus WilliamsWilliams (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Na-Lae HanHan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (5-7 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sloane StephensStephens (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Astra SharmaSharma (6-0 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Madison KeysKeys – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nao HibinoHibino – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cori GauffGauff – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – See H2H details
• Qiang WangWang – Fiona FerroFerro (4-1) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – See H2H details
• Belinda BencicBencic – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – See H2H details
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-2) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Alize CornetCornet (0-1) – See H2H details
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elise MertensMertens – Heather WatsonWatson (3-1) – See H2H details
• Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – See H2H details
• Harriet DartDart – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Lauren DavisDavis (4-0) – See H2H details
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-1) – See H2H details
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (2-1) – See H2H details
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-0) – See H2H details
• Priscilla HonHon – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-2) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Sofia KeninKenin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (0-1) – See H2H details