Badosa downs Kostyuk in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa hustles Kostyuk to face Madison Keys in the 4th round

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    Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Marta Kostyuk

    Paula Badosa Gibert defeats Marta Kostyuk 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Badosa will try to keep the momentum against Madison Keys in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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    Badosa added to her prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paula will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

    Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Marta Kostyuk Australian Open – Melbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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    At the end of the match, Paula scored 104 points vs. Kostyuk’s 92.

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    Paula was effective when converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10).

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    On the other side, Marta wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

    After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Kostyuk is 2-0 for Paula.

    Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Madison Keys – stats

    Badosa will face Keys in the 4th round.

    There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa Gibert and Madison Keys since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

    Paula Badosa Gibert Draw info

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    Badosa had a strong start of this set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as the Ukrainian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Paula maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

    It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.

    Paula was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Marta converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

    They played 49 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Kostyuk (30-19). Badosa conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

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    Badosa commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Kostyuk succeeded in coming back to break Badosa in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

    Marta was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).

    They contested 80 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Paula (43-37). Marta surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, Badosa conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).

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    Badosa conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Paula to win the set as the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The Spaniard kept her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

    The Spaniard converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kostyuk converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 67 points. Paula was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Marta (37-30). Paula lost 16 points on serve (18-16). on the other side of the net, Kostyuk conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).

     

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