Cirstea stuns Kvitova in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea shocks Kvitova to face Marketa Vondrousova in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Petra Kvitova

Sorana Cirstea shocks Petra Kvitova 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Cirstea will square off with Marketa Vondrousova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 03 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cirstea
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Cirstea's Record

Sorana added to her prize money $ 65,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cirstea will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Petra Kvitova Australian Open – Melbourne

Cirstea’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Kvitova
Sorana Cirstea
6-4 1-6 6-1
2h:03
Petra Kvitova
88
88
Total points
85
85
28
28
Winners
27
27
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
30
30
Unforced
44
44
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
9/10
9/10
Net Approaches
7/10
7/10
90%
90%
Perc
70%
70%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
57%
57%
1st in
60%
60%
55%
55%
1st won
54%
54%
28/51
28/51
1st won
27/50
27/50
50%
50%
2nd won
47%
47%
19/38
19/38
2nd won
16/34
16/34
171
171
Fastest serve
168
168
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
147
147
AVG 2nd Serve
145
145
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
Total
5/13
5/13
38%
38%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Sorana scored 88 points vs. Kvitova’s 85.

Cirstea

The Romanian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities.

Kvitova

On the other side, Petra wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Kvitova is 3-5 for Petra.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats

Cirstea will play Vondrousova in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Marketa Vondrousova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Vondrousova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0). However, Cirstea managed to stage a good comeback to break Kvitova 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

A crucial moment of this set was when Cirstea won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.

They contested 66 points. Sorana was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Petra (36-30). Sorana lost 19 points on serve (21-19). on the other side of the court, Petra conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

2nd Set -
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Vondrousova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Kvitova managed to boost her lead after breaking the Romanian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Petra won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

They played 56 points. Petra was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Sorana (32-24). Kvitova conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). In addition, on the other side, Sorana conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

3rd Set -
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Cirstea didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Vondrousova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Cirstea managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Kvitova in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

An important stage of this set was when the Romanian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Sorana converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Petra was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 50 points. Sorana was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Czech (30-20). Cirstea dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the net, Kvitova conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

 

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