Azarenka conquers Svitolina to challenge Muguruza. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka aces Svitolina to face Garbine Muguruza in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Elina Svitolina

Victoria Azarenka beats Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Azarenka will have to play Garbine Muguruza in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. The Belarussian won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.

Azarenka
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Azarenka's Record

Azarenka added to her prize money $ 16,900 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 32,400 as of now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Azarenka will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.

Azarenka was glad about the outcome of the contest. She commented:

“I really just tried to focus on what I could do, and not think about anything else, and try to find solutions and use every opportunity I had to play.

I just tried to play point by point and not think about the score, how long it’s going to take to play, if it’s going to be two sets or three sets. I’m really proud of the way I handled it mentally and how I approached this match.”

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Elina Svitolina Qatar Total Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Svitolina
Victoria Azarenka
6-2 6-4
1h:27
Elina Svitolina
70
70
Total points
55
55
26
26
Winners
23
23
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
61%
61%
62%
62%
1st won
61%
61%
26/42
26/42
1st won
23/38
23/38
43%
43%
2nd won
17%
17%
9/21
9/21
2nd won
4/24
4/24
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
Total
3/8
3/8
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Victoria scored 70 points vs. Svitolina’s 55.

Azarenka

Azarenka was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).

Svitolina

On the other side, the Ukrainian was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Azarenka and Svitolina is 4-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Garbine Muguruza – stats

Azarenka will play Muguruza in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Victoria Azarenka and Garbine Muguruza face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Azarenka and Muguruza (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Muguruza won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome back in 2020.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Azarenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Azarenka to win the set as Elina succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Azarenka kept her focus to break Elina in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Victoria won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Victoria converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Svitolina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A and 40-A).

They played 53 points. Victoria won 9 more points than the Ukrainian (31-22). Azarenka dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). On the other side, Svitolina conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Ukrainian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. The Ukrainian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, Victoria managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.

Victoria failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

They played 72 points. Victoria was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Ukrainian (40-32). Azarenka lost 15 points on serve (18-15). On the losing side, Elina conceded 22 points on serve (17-22).

 

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