Ajla Tomljanovic prevails over Watson in the 1st round of the Adelaide International 1 – ADELAIDE RESULTS

ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL 1 - ADELAIDE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomljanovic victorious over Watson to come up against Sofia Kenin in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Heather Watson

Ajla Tomljanovic ousts Heather Watson 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Adelaide on Monday. Tomljanovic will play against Sofia Kenin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tomljanovic
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Tomljanovic's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomljanovic
Watson
Ajla Tomljanovic
6-4 7-65
1h:55
Heather Watson
80
80
Total points
68
68
36
36
Winners
28
28
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
62%
62%
1st in
55%
55%
80%
80%
1st won
68%
68%
36/45
36/45
1st won
28/41
28/41
46%
46%
2nd won
47%
47%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
2/4
2/4
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 80 points vs. the Brit’s 68.

Tomljanovic

Ajla served very well to win 80% of the points (36/45) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 46% points (13/28) on her second serve. Ajla was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).

Watson

On the other side, the Brit was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Watson is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Tomljanovic will fight against Kenin in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Sofia Kenin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tomljanovic won 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in Sacramento back in 2017.

Ajla Tomljanovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Kenin conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Heather Watson in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Ajla was not done to come back to break the Brit in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Ajla converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (2-1 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Ajla was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than heather (35-26). Tomljanovic conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Watson conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

The Australian won the set after she broke Watson in the 7th (4-3) game. Heather tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the Australian didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Ajla won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Brit won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Watson converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tomljanovic won just 3 points more than the Brit (45-42). Tomljanovic lost 16 points on serve (30-16). on the other side of the net, heather conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

 

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