Ashleigh Barty outlasts Kristina Kucova 6-3 4-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Miami on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Barty will engage against Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Ashleigh recovered from a 2-5 deficit in the 3rd set and she saved a break point with a forehand return when she was 4-5 down in the decider.
Ashleigh won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Kristina Kucova Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 102 points vs. the Slovakian’s 91.
Barty
Ashleigh served very well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 43% points (20/46) on her second serve. The Australian struck 15 aces without committing any double fault. Barty won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Kucova
On the other side, the Slovakian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Barty and Kucova is 1-0 for Ashleigh.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats
Barty will compete against Ostapenko in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Ashleigh Barty and Jelena Ostapenko square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Barty won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Sydney back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Ashleigh conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Barty broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to win the set 6-3.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Ashleigh won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Ashleigh converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). Also, on the other side, Kristina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 57 points. Barty was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Kucova (33-24). The Australian conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the net, the Slovakian conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Barty conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ostapenko in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Slovakian found the way to come back to break the Australian in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
They played 62 points. Kucova was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Australian (33-29). Kucova surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Barty conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Barty won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Barty broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
The Slovakian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Ashleigh was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Kristina converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 74 points. Ashleigh conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Kucova (40-34). Ashleigh lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, the Slovakian conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
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