Danka Kovinic shocks Raducanu in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kovinic stuns Raducanu to compete against Simona Halep in the 3rd round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Emma Raducanu

    Danka Kovinic shocks Emma Raducanu 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Kovinic is going to play against Simona Halep in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Kovinic
    Melbourne
    Kovinic's Record

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

    Highlights Danka Kovinic vs. Emma Raducanu Australian Open – Melbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Kovinic
    Raducanu
    Danka Kovinic
    6-4 4-6 6-3
    2h:38
    Emma Raducanu
    99
    99
    Total points
    88
    88
    37
    37
    Winners
    35
    35
    37%
    37%
    Ratio Winners
    40%
    40%
    35
    35
    Unforced
    39
    39
    47%
    47%
    Ratio Unforced
    53%
    53%
    15/35
    15/35
    Net Approaches
    10/14
    10/14
    43%
    43%
    Perc
    71%
    71%
    -- Serve --
    4
    4
    Aces
    0
    0
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    4
    4
    57%
    57%
    1st in
    76%
    76%
    65%
    65%
    1st won
    53%
    53%
    37/57
    37/57
    1st won
    35/66
    35/66
    37%
    37%
    2nd won
    29%
    29%
    16/43
    16/43
    2nd won
    6/21
    6/21
    188
    188
    Fastest serve
    169
    169
    166
    166
    AVG 1st Serve
    147
    147
    126
    126
    AVG 2nd Serve
    132
    132
    -- Break Points --
    7/11
    7/11
    Total
    6/15
    6/15
    64%
    64%
    Won
    40%
    40%
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    At the end of the match, Danka scored 99 points vs. the Brit’s 88.

    Kovinic

    Danka was well focused in converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).

    Raducanu

    On the other side, the Brit wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 6/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

    After this contest, the head to head between Kovinic and Raducanu is 1-0 for Danka.

    Draw and next match H2H: Danka Kovinic vs. Simona Halep – stats

    Kovinic will square off with Halep in the 3rd round.

    This will be the 2nd time that Danka Kovinic and Simona Halep play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Bucharest back in 2016.

    Danka Kovinic Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    KovinicRaducanu
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    0
    0
    R
    0
    0

    Halep had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Emma 4 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

    The failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

    It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Danka won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-3 to 5-3.

    They played 49 points. Danka was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than the Brit (33-16). Kovinic dropped 12 points on serve (15-12). On the other side, the Brit conceded 18 points on serve (4-18).

    2nd Set -
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    0
    0

    Halep started the set in the best possible way after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Emma to win the set as Danka managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The Brit kept her focus to break the in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

    Emma was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Danka was flawless in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Emma won just 3 more points than Kovinic (39-36). Raducanu surrendered 16 points on serve (22-16). In addition, on the other side, the conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).

    3rd Set -
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    0
    0
    Found
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Kovinic won the set after she broke Emma in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Raducanu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, the maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-3.

    Danka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Brit converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 0-40).

    They played 60 points. Danka was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Brit (33-27). The lost 14 points on serve (20-14). On the other side, Emma conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

     

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