MELBOURNE RESULTS. Carla Suarez Navarro upsets Sabalenka in the 1st round

Carla Suarez Navarro upsets Aryna Sabalenka 7-6⁶ 7-6⁶ in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Suarez Navarro will seek to keep on going in this event against Iga Swiatek in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Suarez Navarro didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Carla to win the set as the Belarussian managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. The Spaniard maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Suarez Navarro failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

2^nd set.

Suarez Navarro won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Suarez Navarro broke back in the 6^th (3-3) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 6.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Carla scored 101 points vs. Aryna’s 98 points.

Suarez Navarro was effective in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Aryna had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Suarez Navarro and Sabalenka is 1-3 for Aryna.

Highlights Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Suarez Navarro will come up against Swiatek in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Carla Suarez Navarro and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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