Inexorable Azarenka routs Kuznetsova in the 1st round of the Qatar Total Open. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka mullers Kuznetsova to play Laura Siegemund in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova

Victoria Azarenka powers past Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Doha on Monday after playing a fantastic match to play Laura Siegemund in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.

Azarenka added to her prize money $ 1,550 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 8,200 after this win. If she wins the next match, Victoria will add $ 7,300 to her earnings to get in total $ 15,500 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Kuznetsova
Victoria Azarenka
6-2 6-3
1h:51
Svetlana Kuznetsova
78
78
Total points
61
61
30
30
Winners
20
20
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
73%
73%
56%
56%
1st won
47%
47%
30/54
30/54
1st won
20/43
20/43
58%
58%
2nd won
38%
38%
15/26
15/26
2nd won
6/16
6/16
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
Total
2/9
2/9
46%
46%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, Azarenka scored 78 points vs. Kuznetsova’s 61.

Azarenka

Azarenka won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.

Kuznetsova

On the other side, Kuznetsova was battling in converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Kuznetsova is 6-4 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Laura Siegemund – stats

Azarenka will play Siegemund in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Laura Siegemund face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Siegemund (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Siegemund won 6-75 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2019.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Azarenka conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Siegemund in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Victoria to win the set since the Russian found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Victoria maintained her cool to break Svetlana in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Svetlana lost the 1st game (1-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

Azarenka won the set after she broke the Russian 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Svetlana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Azarenka kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

There was an important spell in this set when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 1-2 to 5-2.

The Belarussian dropped 19 points on serve (23-19). on the other side of the court, Kuznetsova conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).

 

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