Cirstea bests Kucova in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Cirstea wins against Kucova to take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Kristina Kucova

Sorana Cirstea aces Kristina Kucova 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Cirstea will face off with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cirstea
Melbourne
Cirstea's Record

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

Highlights Sorana Cirstea vs. Kristina Kucova Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cirstea
Kucova
Sorana Cirstea
6-2 6-4
1h:16
Kristina Kucova
65
65
Total points
46
46
20
20
Winners
25
25
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
22
22
Unforced
20
20
52%
52%
Ratio Unforced
48%
48%
6/11
6/11
Net Approaches
1/1
1/1
55%
55%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
63%
63%
1st in
75%
75%
67%
67%
1st won
53%
53%
20/30
20/30
1st won
25/47
25/47
72%
72%
2nd won
38%
38%
13/18
13/18
2nd won
6/16
6/16
167
167
Fastest serve
156
156
158
158
AVG 1st Serve
144
144
127
127
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
2/5
2/5
38%
38%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Sorana scored 65 points vs. the Slovakian’s 46.

Cirstea

Sorana won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Kucova

On the other side, Kucova was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Cirstea and Kucova is 2-0 for Sorana.

Draw and next match H2H: Sorana Cirstea vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Cirstea will fight against Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Sorana Cirstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Cirstea and Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 2-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2018.

Sorana Cirstea Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Cirstea conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kristina Kucova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Sorana to win the set since Kucova found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Sorana kept her cool to break the Slovakian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Sorana converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).

They played 54 points. Cirstea was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the Slovakian (33-21). Sorana conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).

The Romanian won the set after she broke Kristina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kucova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Sorana didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.

Sorana converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Kristina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 57 points. Sorana was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Kristina (32-25). Cirstea dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

 

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