Tamara Zidansek victorious over Heather Watson 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Zidansek will try to keep the momentum against Alize Cornet in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne
Zidansek's Record

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

Highlights Tamara Zidansek vs. Heather Watson Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zidansek
Watson
7-64 6-4
1h:47
82
82
Total points
69
69
35
35
Winners
21
21
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
30%
30%
28
28
Unforced
35
35
44%
44%
Ratio Unforced
56%
56%
8/10
8/10
Net Approaches
5/9
5/9
80%
80%
Perc
56%
56%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
57%
57%
1st in
54%
54%
74%
74%
1st won
57%
57%
35/47
35/47
1st won
21/37
21/37
34%
34%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/35
12/35
2nd won
13/32
13/32
167
167
Fastest serve
170
170
153
153
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
124
124
AVG 2nd Serve
121
121
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
4/10
4/10
50%
50%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Zidansek scored 82 points vs. the Brit’s 69.

Zidansek

Zidansek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).

Watson

On the other side, Watson was struggling when converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Zidansek and Watson is 2-0 for Tamara.

Draw and next match H2H: Tamara Zidansek vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Zidansek will face Cornet in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Tamara Zidansek and Alize Cornet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Zidansek won the set after she broke heather in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Watson tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Tamara kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Slovenian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Brit won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

They contested 90 points. The Slovenian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Watson (47-43). Zidansek dropped 21 points on serve (28-21). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 19 points on serve (22-19

).

The Slovenian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, The Slovenian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.

The Slovenian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

Zidansek converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, heather converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 62 points. The Slovenian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Brit (35-27). Zidansek lost 13 points on serve (16-13). on the other side of the court, heather conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).

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