Venus Williams gets the better of Buzarnescu in the 1st round of Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Williams beats Buzarnescu to compete against Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Venus Williams vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu

Venus Williams defeats Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday. Williams will face Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. Venus won this tournament 5 times in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Here you can see her history at this event.

Williams
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Williams's Record

Williams added to her prize money £ 27,000 after conquering this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Venus will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Highlights Venus Williams vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Williams
Buzarnescu
Venus Williams
7-5 4-6 6-3
2h:37
Mihaela Buzarnescu
109
109
Total points
105
105
57
57
Winners
40
40
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
38
38
Unforced
33
33
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
14/20
14/20
Net Approaches
9/14
9/14
70%
70%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
5
5
8
8
Double Faults
1
1
60%
60%
1st in
63%
63%
75%
75%
1st won
73%
73%
57/76
57/76
1st won
40/55
40/55
42%
42%
2nd won
52%
52%
21/50
21/50
2nd won
17/33
17/33
183
183
Fastest serve
162
162
158
158
AVG 1st Serve
147
147
123
123
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/15
2/15
43%
43%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 109 points vs. the Romanian’s 105.

Williams

The American served extremely well to win 75% of the points (57/76) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 42% points (21/50) on her second serve. The American blasted 10 aces and she committed 8 double faults. Venus won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Buzarnescu

On the other side, Mihaela was not so effective in converting her break points (only 13% – 2/15). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Williams and Buzarnescu is 2-0 for Venus.

Draw and next match H2H: Venus Williams vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Williams will face Jabeur in the 2nd round.

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

Venus Williams Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The American was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Mihaela was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 87 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Buzarnescu (47-40). Venus lost 16 points on serve (32-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Mihaela conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

Jabeur started the set strong after breaking Mihaela Buzarnescu in the 1st game (1-0). That was sufficient for the Romanian to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Buzarnescu wasted a good opportunity to break the American in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Romanian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Venus was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 59 points. Buzarnescu won 7 more points than Williams (33-26). The Romanian conceded 7 points on serve (22-7). In addition, on the other side, Venus conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

Williams started the set in the best possible way after breaking Mihaela Buzarnescu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the American to win the set since Buzarnescu found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Williams failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

They contested 68 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Buzarnescu (37-31). Williams surrendered 20 points on serve (28-20). on the other side of the court, Mihaela conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

 

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