Ana Konjuh aces Kaia Kanepi 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Konjuh will engage against Qinwen Zheng in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
At the end of the match, Konjuh scored 91 points vs. Kanepi’s 76.
Konjuh
Ana was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Kanepi
On the other side, the Estonian was battling in converting her break points (only 27% – 4/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Konjuh and Kanepi is 2-0 for Ana.
Draw and next match H2H: Ana Konjuh vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Konjuh will fight against Zheng in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Ana Konjuh and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian in this set was much more effective than the Estonian and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Estonian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Kanepi had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Ana was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Kaia was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 47 points. Konjuh won 11 more points than the Estonian (29-18). Konjuh lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Kaia conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Kanepi won the set after she broke the Croatian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Ana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Nonetheless, the Estonian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
The Estonian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Estonian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
Kanepi was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Croatian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kaia won just 3 more points than the Croatian (30-27). The Estonian surrendered 15 points on serve (20-15). on the other side of the court, Ana conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Zheng overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Ana refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Estonian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Ana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Ana won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Croatian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kanepi converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Kaia (35-28). Konjuh dropped 17 points on serve (19-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Kanepi conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
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