Victoria Azarenka rolls over Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Montreal on Tuesday after playing a great match to fight against Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Here you can see her history at this event.
Victoria added to her prize money $ 7,700 after winning this match. She has won already $ 21,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Azarenka will add $ 20,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:14
At the end of the match, Victoria scored 64 points vs. Sorana’s 40.
Azarenka
The Belarussian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Cirstea
On the other side, Cirstea was struggling when converting her break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Cirstea is 4-1 for Victoria.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Azarenka will play Sakkari in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Azarenka won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Ostrava back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Victoria in this set didn’t concede much to Sorana and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Victoria lost a big opportunity to break Cirstea in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Victoria converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Victoria was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Cirstea (29-18). The Belarussian conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Sorana conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
The Belarussian was more solid than Sorana and without too much struggle she won 6-2. Cirstea broke the Belarussian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Belarussian broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Azarenka won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
The Belarussian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cirstea converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Cirstea (35-22). The Belarussian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Sorana conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
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