
Viktorija Golubic annihilates Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to face off with Simona Halep in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Viktorija scored 65 points vs. the Dutch’s 47.
Golubic
Golubic was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Kerkhove
On the other side, Kerkhove wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Golubic and Kerkhove is 3-2 for Viktorija.
Draw and next match H2H: Viktorija Golubic vs. Simona Halep – stats
Golubic will square off with Halep in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Viktorija Golubic and Simona Halep face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Halep won 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Golubic had a great start in this set after breaking Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Golubic to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Swiss converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Viktorija was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Kerkhove (36-31). Golubic surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the court, Kerkhove conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Lesley was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and the Swiss won the set 6-0.
The Dutch had to surrender the 1st game (1-0) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
Viktorija was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Kerkhove was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 45 points. Viktorija was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Kerkhove (29-16). The Swiss surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, Kerkhove conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Simona HalepHalep – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Clara BurelBurel (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Kaia KanepiKanepi (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Anna BondarBondar (6-4 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-0 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H details and stats




