Marketa Vondrousova dispatches Samsonova in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Vondrousova gets the better of Samsonova to face Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Liudmila Samsonova

Marketa Vondrousova aces Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Vondrousova will face Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Vondrousova
Melbourne
Vondrousova's Record

The Czech 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 Czech will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Marketa Vondrousova vs. Liudmila Samsonova Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vondrousova
Samsonova
Marketa Vondrousova
6-2 7-5
1h:28
Liudmila Samsonova
70
70
Total points
61
61
28
28
Winners
13
13
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
21%
21%
23
23
Unforced
43
43
35%
35%
Ratio Unforced
65%
65%
1/1
1/1
Net Approaches
1/8
1/8
100%
100%
Perc
13%
13%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
8
8
Double Faults
10
10
56%
56%
1st in
40%
40%
68%
68%
1st won
57%
57%
28/41
28/41
1st won
13/23
13/23
44%
44%
2nd won
49%
49%
14/32
14/32
2nd won
17/35
17/35
179
179
Fastest serve
193
193
165
165
AVG 1st Serve
175
175
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
155
155
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
2/5
2/5
50%
50%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Vondrousova scored 70 points vs. Samsonova’s 61.

Vondrousova

Vondrousova was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).

Samsonova

On the other side, Ludmilla had a tough time converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Vondrousova and Samsonova is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Marketa Vondrousova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Vondrousova will fight against Sabalenka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Marketa Vondrousova and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Vondrousova and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2021.

Marketa Vondrousova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Vondrousova started the set strong after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Vondrousova reinforced her lead after breaking Ludmilla in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of this set was when Marketa won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Czech converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Vondrousova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Vondrousova conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Ludmilla (29-22). The Czech lost 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, Ludmilla conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

Marketa won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game, Marketa broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

Ludmilla was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Vondrousova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 8th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ludmilla converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 5th (3-2 30-40), the 7th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 2 points more than the Russian (41-39). Marketa dropped 24 points on serve (26-24). Regarding the other side of the net, Samsonova conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

 

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