Katie Volynets gets the better of Mirjam Bjorklund 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne on Friday. Volynets will face Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 78 points vs. Bjorklund’s 61.
Volynets
Volynets was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Bjorklund
On the other side, Mirjam was struggling to find the solution in 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 Volynets and Bjorklund is 1-0 for Katie.
Draw and next match H2H: Katie Volynets vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia – stats
Volynets will face Haddad Maia in the 1st round.
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Volynets and Beatriz Haddad Maia square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Volynets (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Volynets won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in London back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Volynets had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Mirjam Bjorklund in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, that was not enough for the American to win the set because Mirjam managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Katie maintained her cool to break Bjorklund in the 12th (7-5) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Katie won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0. However also the Swede won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4
The American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Swede converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (0-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 75 points. Volynets was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Bjorklund (42-33). Katie conceded 16 points on serve (26-16). On the losing side, the Swede conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Haddad Maia was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Mirjam Bjorklund in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Volynets found the way to come back to break Mirjam 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Volynets won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Volynets converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Swede converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 64 points. Volynets conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Mirjam (36-28). Volynets dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, Bjorklund conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
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