Marino defeats Birrell in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Marino gets by Birrell to square off with Marketa Vondrousova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Rebecca Marino victorious over Kimberly Birrell 6-0 7-69 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Marino will face off with Marketa Vondrousova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Marino’s Record

Marino was glad about the outcome of the match. She commented:

“Basically I felt much better than during my first tournament here, much more confident. Even though I had some doubts because I played against Arantxa Rus in Rome, and that wasn’t a good match for me, I think I started from a brand-new position. I just wanted to dominate on court, and I did pretty well, so I’m happy.

I just played good tennis. Maybe I made some decisions that weren’t perfect, like some of the dropshots, but it’s also the first match of the tournament. I hope I’m going to be playing better and better next round.”

Live score progression and stats

There was not much story in this set as the Canadian conceded no games to Birrell before winning the set 6-0.

Marino converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marino didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 38 points. Marino was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the Australian (27-11). The Canadian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Kimberly conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Marino won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

Tiebreak

Rebecca won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (3-4), 15th (8-7), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 16th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-c

Marino was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Rebecca saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Rebecca didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 101 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Birrell (53-48). The Canadian surrendered 9 points on serve (30-9). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 23 points on serve (39-23).

Rebecca added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 150,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Marino will add $ 65,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Marino
Birrell
Rebecca Marino
6-0 7-69
1h:44
Kimberly Birrell
80
80
Total points
59
59
30
30
Winners
31
31
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
42
42
Unforced
27
27
61%
61%
Ratio Unforced
39%
39%
2/2
2/2
Net Approaches
1/2
1/2
100%
100%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
62%
62%
1st in
63%
63%
88%
88%
1st won
58%
58%
30/34
30/34
1st won
31/53
31/53
62%
62%
2nd won
52%
52%
13/21
13/21
2nd won
16/31
16/31
192
192
Fastest serve
168
168
178
178
AVG 1st Serve
156
156
142
142
AVG 2nd Serve
127
127
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/0
0/0
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Marino scored 80 points vs. Birrell’s 59.

Total Pts 1 set 2 set Tot
Marino 27 53 80
Birrell 11 48 59
Diff 16 5 21

Marino

Rebecca served extremely well to win 88% of the points (30/34) behind her first serve, and she won 62% points (13/21) on her second serve. The Canadian blasted 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Marino won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Birrell

On the other side, Birrell wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Rebecca was just to good and Kimberly had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Marino and Birrell is 1-0 for Rebecca.

Highlights Rebecca Marino vs. Kimberly Birrell Australian Open – Melbourne

Draw and next match H2H: Rebecca Marino vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats

Marino will come up against Vondrousova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Rebecca Marino and Marketa Vondrousova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Vondrousova won 6-3 6-4 in the Rubber 3 in 0 back in 2019.

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