Martic victorious over Gracheva in the 1st round of Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Martic prevails over Gracheva to square off with Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva

Petra Martic ousts Varvara Gracheva 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday. Martic will try to keep the momentum against Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2017 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Martic
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Martic's Record

The Croatian 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, the Croatian will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Martic
Gracheva
Petra Martic
6-73 6-4 6-3
2h:29
Varvara Gracheva
112
112
Total points
106
106
48
48
Winners
33
33
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
45
45
Unforced
56
56
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
9/14
9/14
Net Approaches
13/28
13/28
64%
64%
Perc
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
65%
65%
1st in
53%
53%
66%
66%
1st won
59%
59%
48/73
48/73
1st won
33/56
33/56
36%
36%
2nd won
46%
46%
14/39
14/39
2nd won
23/50
23/50
-- Break Points --
7/19
7/19
Total
5/6
5/6
37%
37%
Won
83%
83%
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At the end of the match, Martic scored 112 points vs. Varvara’s 106.

Martic

Petra won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, Varvara didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured points (5/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Martic and Gracheva is 4-0 for Petra.

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats

Martic will come up against Begu in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Petra Martic and Irina-Camelia Begu fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Martic won 6-4 7-63 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2018.

Petra Martic Draw info

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1st Set -
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Begu took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Varvara to win the set as the Croatian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Gracheva maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Tiebreak

Gracheva won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 8th (3-5) point.

Varvara won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

The Russian converted 100% of her break points (3/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). On the other side, Petra was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40).

They played 92 points. This set was so close that, Gracheva won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Gracheva lost 23 points on serve (25-23). On the losing side, Martic conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).

2nd Set -
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Martic won the set after she broke the Russian in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Gracheva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Martic managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.

Petra failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Petra converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Varvara was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40).

They contested 62 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Varvara (33-29). Martic conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Varvara conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

3rd Set -
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Martic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Martic to win the set because Gracheva found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Petra won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Petra converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (1-5 0-40).

They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Martic won just 3 more points than the Russian (32-29). The Croatian lost 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

 

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