Tomljanovic victorious over Martic in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomljanovic ousts Martic to play Karolina Pliskova in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Petra Martic

Ajla Tomljanovic dispatches Petra Martic 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Tomljanovic will try to keep the momentum against Karolina Pliskova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tomljanovic
New York
Tomljanovic's Record

Ajla added to her prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 85,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 265,000 in total.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Petra Martic U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic
Martic
Ajla Tomljanovic
7-66 6-4
1h:39
Petra Martic
80
80
Total points
72
72
39
39
Winners
21
21
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
29%
29%
38
38
Unforced
36
36
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
5/9
5/9
Net Approaches
9/15
9/15
56%
56%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
71%
71%
1st in
55%
55%
65%
65%
1st won
57%
57%
39/60
39/60
1st won
21/37
21/37
32%
32%
2nd won
43%
43%
8/25
8/25
2nd won
13/30
13/30
178
178
Fastest serve
178
178
157
157
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
129
129
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
4/11
4/11
83%
83%
Won
36%
36%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 80 points vs. the Croatian’s 72.

Tomljanovic

Tomljanovic was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Martic

On the other side, the Croatian was struggling when converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Martic is 1-2 for Petra.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats

Tomljanovic will fight against Pliskova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Karolina Pliskova face off. The head to head is 5-1 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pliskova won 6-4 6-75 6-1 in the 2nd round in Brisbane back in 2020.

Ajla Tomljanovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Pliskova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Petra Martic in the 1st game (1-0). However, Tomljanovic managed to stage a good comeback to break Martic 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

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

Tiebreak

Ajla won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Martic won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

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

They played 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ajla won just 2 more points than Petra (43-41). Ajla conceded 20 points on serve (24-20). on the other side of the net, Petra conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

Tomljanovic won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, Tomljanovic didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.

Ajla was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).

They played 66 points. Tomljanovic won 4 more points than the Croatian (35-31). Tomljanovic lost 18 points on serve (23-18). On the other side, Martic conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

 

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