Angelique Kerber grounds Priscilla Hon 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Camila Giorgi in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Hon was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kerber in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the German to win the set since Hon managed to break back in the 9th (3-6) game. Angelique maintained her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 40.
2nd set.
Kerber in this set was too strong for Hon and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Hon in the 7th (5-2) game.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Angelique scored 66 points vs. the Australian’s 47 points.
Angelique was pretty focused in converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10). On the other side, Priscilla was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Kerber and Hon is 1-0 for Angelique.
Highlights Angelique Kerber vs. Priscilla Hon Australian Open – Melbourne
Kerber’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Angelique Kerber vs. Camila Giorgi – stats
Kerber will play Giorgi in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Angelique Kerber and Camila Giorgi fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Kerber (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kerber won 7-63 6-2 in the 2nd round in Sydney back in 2019.
Tennis Scores at the
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- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (0-1) – See H2H details
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- Donna VekicVekic – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – See H2H details
- Elise MertensMertens – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (0-1) – See H2H details
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- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Angelique KerberKerber (0-4) – See H2H details
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-6) – See H2H details