Amazing Riske too good for Vekic in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Riske outpaces Vekic to play Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Donna Vekic

Alison Riske sweeps aside Donna Vekic 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Riske
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Riske's Record

The American added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Alison will add $ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Alison Riske vs. Donna Vekic Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Riske
Vekic
Alison Riske
6-2 6-2
1h:11
Donna Vekic
63
63
Total points
39
39
21
21
Winners
18
18
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
11
11
Unforced
28
28
28%
28%
Ratio Unforced
72%
72%
4/5
4/5
Net Approaches
1/4
1/4
80%
80%
Perc
25%
25%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
7
7
64%
64%
1st in
44%
44%
84%
84%
1st won
64%
64%
21/25
21/25
1st won
18/28
18/28
79%
79%
2nd won
40%
40%
11/14
11/14
2nd won
14/35
14/35
168
168
Fastest serve
178
178
158
158
AVG 1st Serve
168
168
139
139
AVG 2nd Serve
146
146
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
0/0
0/0
36%
36%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Riske scored 63 points vs. Vekic’s 39.

Riske

The American served pretty well to win 84% of the points (21/25) behind her first serve, and she won 79% points (11/14) on her second serve. Riske won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Vekic

On the other side, Vekic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Riske and Vekic is 3-3.

Draw and next match H2H: Alison Riske vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Riske will square off with Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Alison Riske and Jelena Ostapenko square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Ostapenko won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.

Alison Riske Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Riske was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Donna Vekic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Riske extended her lead after breaking Vekic in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

They played 50 points. Alison was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Donna (29-21). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Donna conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

The American in this set was too good for Vekic and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Croatian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Riske won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 53 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Vekic (33-20). Riske was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Vekic conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).

 

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