Carla Suarez Navarro upsets Aryna Sabalenka 7-66 7-66 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Suarez Navarro will seek to keep on going in this event against Iga Swiatek in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Suarez Navarro didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Carla to win the set as the Belarussian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (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.
2nd set.
Suarez Navarro won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Suarez Navarro broke back in the 6th (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 2nd 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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