Victoria Azarenka shocks Johanna Konta 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Azarenka will play Naomi Osaka in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Brit snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately managing to win the set (6-4).
Johanna lost a big opportunity to break Azarenka in the 9th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Konta converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 72 points. Johanna conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Belarussian (39-33). Johanna conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). In addition, on the other side, Victoria conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Azarenka came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Konta in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for the Belarussian to win the set since Johanna succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Azarenka kept her focus to break Johanna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Azarenka converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Johanna converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Konta (36-30). Victoria dropped 14 points on serve (19-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Konta conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Azarenka won the set after she broke Johanna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Brit was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Azarenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. The Belarussian won 14 points more than the Brit (28-14). The Belarussian surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Victoria will add to her prize money $ 77,999 after managing to win this match. She has won already $ 152,999 after this win. If she wins the next match, Azarenka will add $ -152,999 to her earnings to earn $ 0 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Victoria scored 97 points vs. Johanna’s 83.
Azarenka served extremely well to win 75% of the points (42/56) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 43% points (15/35) on her second serve. Azarenka was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, Konta was not so effective in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Konta is 2-2.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Johanna Konta Western & Southern Open – New York
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Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Azarenka will play Osaka in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Victoria Azarenka and Naomi Osaka play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but Azarenka leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Osaka won 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in New York
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Johanna KontaKonta (4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H details and stats
