U.S. OPEN. Petra Martic defeats Bondarenko in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Martic conquers Bondarenko to come up against Varvara Gracheva in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Kateryna Bondarenko

Petra Martic prevails over Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Martic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Varvara Gracheva in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Martic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Bondarenko in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Martic to win the set since Kateryna succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game. Martic maintained her focus to break Bondarenko in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Croatian converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40), the 7th (5-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Kateryna converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 85 points. The Croatian won 9 more points than Kateryna (47-38). Petra surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Kateryna conceded 28 points on serve (25-28).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Martic conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Petra converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kateryna wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They contested 68 points. Martic was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Ukrainian (37-31). Petra surrendered 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

The Croatian will add to her prize money $ 63,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 163,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 87,000 to her earnings to earn $ 250,000 in total.

Match Statistics

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After this contest, the head to head between Martic and Bondarenko is 2-2.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Kateryna Bondarenko U.S. Open – New York

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva – stats

Martic will play Gracheva in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Petra Martic and Varvara Gracheva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Martic won 7-62 6-3 in the 1st round in Prague back in August 2020.

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