Williams dispatches Begu in the 1st round of the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

    FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Williams gets the better of Begu to compete against Mihaela Buzarnescu in the 2nd round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

    Serena Williams victorious over Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Williams will have to play Mihaela Buzarnescu in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Williams won this tournament 3 times in 2002, 2013 and 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Williams
    Paris
    Williams's Record

    Williams added to her prize money € 24,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 84,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Williams will add € 29,000 to her earnings to get in total € 113,000 in total.

    Highlights Serena Williams vs. Irina-Camelia Begu French Open – Paris

    Williams’s Interview

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Williams
    Begu
    Serena Williams
    7-66 6-2
    1h:42
    Irina-Camelia Begu
    74
    74
    Total points
    68
    68
    23
    23
    Winners
    25
    25
    31%
    31%
    Ratio Winners
    37%
    37%
    30
    30
    Unforced
    17
    17
    64%
    64%
    Ratio Unforced
    36%
    36%
    15/19
    15/19
    Net Approaches
    2/5
    2/5
    79%
    79%
    Perc
    40%
    40%
    -- Serve --
    5
    5
    Aces
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    51%
    51%
    1st in
    66%
    66%
    59%
    59%
    1st won
    58%
    58%
    23/39
    23/39
    1st won
    25/43
    25/43
    50%
    50%
    2nd won
    36%
    36%
    19/38
    19/38
    2nd won
    8/22
    8/22
    187
    187
    Fastest serve
    172
    172
    166
    166
    AVG 1st Serve
    160
    160
    133
    133
    AVG 2nd Serve
    141
    141
    -- Break Points --
    5/8
    5/8
    Total
    3/5
    3/5
    63%
    63%
    Won
    60%
    60%
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    At the end of the match, Serena scored 74 points vs. Begu’s 68.

    Williams

    The American was effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

    Begu

    On the other side, Irina-Camelia was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

    After this match, the head to head between Williams and Begu is 2-0 for Serena.

    Draw and next match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu – stats

    Williams will face Buzarnescu in the 2nd round.

    There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Mihaela Buzarnescu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

    Serena Williams Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Williams won the set after she broke Begu 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Notwithstanding, Williams didn’t make any concession anymore to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

    Nonetheless also the Romanian won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

    Tiebreak

    Williams won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Romanian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.

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

    Williams converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). Williams saved 3 set points when she was 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Begu converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).

    They contested 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Serena won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Begu (43-47). Serena lost 26 points on serve (23-26). On the losing side, Begu conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).

    Williams was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Buzarnescu in the 1st game (1-0). Williams managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Irina-Camelia in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

    The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 52 points. Serena was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Romanian (31-21). Williams conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Irina-Camelia conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

     

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