Uncompromising Krejcikova annihilates Wang in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Krejcikova destroys Wang to play Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang

Barbora Krejcikova thumps Xiyu Wang 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to square off with Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Krejcikova
Melbourne
Krejcikova's Record

Barbora added to her prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Barbora will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Krejcikova
Wang
Barbora Krejcikova
6-2 6-3
1h:17
Xiyu Wang
64
64
Total points
40
40
19
19
Winners
17
17
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
20
20
Unforced
30
30
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
6/8
6/8
Net Approaches
2/3
2/3
75%
75%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
58%
58%
1st in
63%
63%
73%
73%
1st won
46%
46%
19/26
19/26
1st won
17/37
17/37
42%
42%
2nd won
23%
23%
8/19
8/19
2nd won
5/22
5/22
173
173
Fastest serve
192
192
160
160
AVG 1st Serve
176
176
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
142
142
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
Total
3/5
3/5
58%
58%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Barbora scored 64 points vs. Xiyu’s 40.

Krejcikova

Krejcikova was sharp when converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).

Wang

On the other side, Xiyu was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Krejcikova and Wang is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Krejcikova will square off with Ostapenko in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Barbora Krejcikova and Jelena Ostapenko square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but Krejcikova has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Krejcikova won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in 2021.

Barbora Krejcikova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Krejcikova was in much better shape than Wang and without too much struggle she won 6-2. Wang broke the Czech 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Krejcikova broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

There was an important spell in this set when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Czech converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Xiyu was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They contested 51 points. Krejcikova was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Wang (31-20). The Czech conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Xiyu conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

Krejcikova started the set strong after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set since the Chinese found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Czech kept her focus to break the Chinese in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Barbora converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Wang converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 53 points. Krejcikova was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Xiyu (33-20). Krejcikova dropped 10 points on serve (12-10). on the other side of the net, Xiyu conceded 21 points on serve (10-21).

 

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