Merciless Tomova grounds Maria Bara in the qualifications of the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tomova annihilates Maria Bara to take on Alize Cornet in the 1st round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina Maria Bara

Viktoriya Tomova vanquishes Irina Maria Bara 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Melbourne on Friday after playing an impressive match to fight against Alize Cornet in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tomova
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Tomova's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tomova
Bara
Viktoriya Tomova
6-2 6-1
1h:17
Irina Maria Bara
65
65
Total points
40
40
25
25
Winners
13
13
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
18
18
Unforced
32
32
36%
36%
Ratio Unforced
64%
64%
9/13
9/13
Net Approaches
5/9
5/9
69%
69%
Perc
56%
56%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
79%
79%
1st in
73%
73%
60%
60%
1st won
34%
34%
25/42
25/42
1st won
13/38
13/38
45%
45%
2nd won
29%
29%
5/11
5/11
2nd won
4/14
4/14
169
169
Fastest serve
145
145
141
141
AVG 1st Serve
130
130
121
121
AVG 2nd Serve
116
116
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
Total
3/9
3/9
47%
47%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Viktoriya scored 65 points vs. Maria Bara’s 40.

Tomova

Viktoriya won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities.

Maria Bara

On the other side, Irina was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tomova and Maria Bara is 2-3 for Irina.

Draw and next match H2H: Viktoriya Tomova vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Tomova will fight against Cornet in the 1st round.

This will be the 2nd time that Viktoriya Tomova and Alize Cornet clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tomova won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Osaka back in 2019.

Viktoriya Tomova Draw info

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1st Set -
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TomovaBara
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0
0
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Cornet came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Irina Maria Bara in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Bulgarian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Romanian 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Bulgarian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

There was an important spell in this set when Tomova won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Viktoriya converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Irina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 43 points. Tomova was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than the Romanian (28-15). Viktoriya dropped 10 points on serve (12-10). On the losing side, the Romanian conceded 16 points on serve (5-16).

2nd Set -
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Tomova conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Irina Maria Bara in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Tomova to win the set as Maria Bara succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Bulgarian maintained her focus to break Maria Bara in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when the Bulgarian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Viktoriya converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Maria Bara converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Tomova was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Irina (37-25). Tomova lost 13 points on serve (18-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria Bara conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).

 

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