MELBOURNE RESULTS. Cartan Bellis shocks Muchova in the 2nd round of the Australian Open

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Cartan Bellis surprises Muchova to play Elise Mertens in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Catherine Cartan Bellis vs. Karolina Muchova

Catherine Cartan Bellis shocks Karolina Muchova 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Cartan Bellis will clash against Elise Mertens in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Cartan Bellis had a favorable start in this set after breaking Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set because Muchova found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Cartan Bellis kept her focus to break Karolina in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

2nd set.

Muchova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Cartan Bellis in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the American was not done to come back to break the Czech in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, catherine scored 66 points vs. Karolina’s 58 points.

The American won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Muchova was remarkable in converting all the break points (1/1). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Cartan Bellis and Muchova is 1-0 for Catherine.

Highlights Catherine Cartan Bellis vs. Karolina Muchova Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Catherine Cartan Bellis vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Cartan Bellis will face Mertens in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Catherine Cartan Bellis and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cartan Bellis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cartan Bellis won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2018.

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