Stubborn Azarenka outlasts Cornet in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – BAD HOMBURG RESULTS

BAD HOMBURG OPEN - BAD HOMBURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka survives Cornet to take on Sara Sorribes Tormo in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Alize Cornet

Victoria Azarenka outlasts Alize Cornet 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Bad Homburg on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Azarenka will try to keep the momentum against Sara Sorribes Tormo in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes.

Azarenka
Bad Homburg
Azarenka's Record

Victoria added to her prize money € 1,024 after conquering this match. She has won already € 4,677 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add € 3,467 to her earnings to get in total € 8,144 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Alize Cornet Bad Homburg Open – Bad Homburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Cornet
Victoria Azarenka
6-4 3-6 7-67
3h:02
Alize Cornet
114
114
Total points
114
114
47
47
Winners
46
46
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
62%
62%
1st in
77%
77%
65%
65%
1st won
53%
53%
47/72
47/72
1st won
46/86
46/86
39%
39%
2nd won
62%
62%
17/44
17/44
2nd won
16/26
16/26
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
5/11
5/11
45%
45%
Won
45%
45%
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The Belarussian won this match even if she scored the same amount of points of Cornet (114 vs. 114).

Azarenka

Azarenka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Cornet

On the other side, the French player was battling in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Cornet is 8-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo – stats

Azarenka will take on Sorribes Tormo in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Sara Sorribes Tormo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Azarenka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Sorribes Tormo in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Azarenka to win the set because Alize succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool to break Alize in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

They played 69 points. Victoria won 11 more points than Alize (40-29). Victoria dropped 14 points on serve (23-14). In addition, on the other side, Alize conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

Sorribes Tormo was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Cornet to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Cornet was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (0-0 40-A).

They played 53 points. Alize conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Victoria (31-22). Alize surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). On the losing side, Azarenka conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

Azarenka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Sorribes Tormo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set since Alize managed to break back in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 7.

Notwithstanding also Cornet won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

Tiebreak

The Belarussian won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the French player won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3) and 13th (7-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Azarenka converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A). Azarenka saved 4 set points when she was 3-5, 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Cornet converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They played 103 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belarussian won just 3 points more than Alize (53-50). Azarenka surrendered 27 points on serve (27-27). On the losing side, Alize conceded 26 points on serve (23-26).

 

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