Relentless Halep sweeps aside Kovinic in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Halep rolls over Kovinic to come up against Alize Cornet in the 4th round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Danka Kovinic

    Simona Halep blitzes Danka Kovinic 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Alize Cornet in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Halep
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    Halep's Record

    Simona 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, Simona will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

    Highlights Simona Halep vs. Danka Kovinic Australian Open – Melbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Halep
    Kovinic
    Simona Halep
    6-2 6-1
    1h:04
    Danka Kovinic
    60
    60
    Total points
    35
    35
    21
    21
    Winners
    10
    10
    35%
    35%
    Ratio Winners
    29%
    29%
    17
    17
    Unforced
    25
    25
    40%
    40%
    Ratio Unforced
    60%
    60%
    3/5
    3/5
    Net Approaches
    3/3
    3/3
    60%
    60%
    Perc
    100%
    100%
    -- Serve --
    3
    3
    Aces
    0
    0
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    2
    2
    73%
    73%
    1st in
    43%
    43%
    70%
    70%
    1st won
    43%
    43%
    21/30
    21/30
    1st won
    10/23
    10/23
    55%
    55%
    2nd won
    35%
    35%
    6/11
    6/11
    2nd won
    11/31
    11/31
    176
    176
    Fastest serve
    183
    183
    149
    149
    AVG 1st Serve
    160
    160
    114
    114
    AVG 2nd Serve
    131
    131
    -- Break Points --
    6/10
    6/10
    Total
    1/4
    1/4
    60%
    60%
    Won
    25%
    25%
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    At the end of the match, Simona scored 60 points vs. Kovinic’s 35.

    Halep

    Halep was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).

    Kovinic

    On the other side, Kovinic had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Halep and Kovinic is 2-0 for Simona.

    Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Alize Cornet – stats

    Halep will fight against Cornet in the 4th round.

    This will be the 5th time that Simona Halep and Alize Cornet clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Cornet (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

    The last time that they played each other, Cornet won 7-66 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2015.

    Simona Halep Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Halep played at a much higher level than Kovinic and without struggling too much she won 6-2. Kovinic broke Halep 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Simona broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

    The was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

    Simona converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Danka converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

    They played 43 points. Halep conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Danka (27-16). Simona conceded 9 points on serve (14-9). on the other side of the court, Danka conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).

    Halep had a favorable start in this set after breaking Danka Kovinic in the 1st game (1-0). Halep reinforced her lead after breaking Danka in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

    Danka was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

    The Romanian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Danka wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

    They contested 52 points. Halep was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Kovinic (33-19). The Romanian surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, the conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).

     

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