Victoria Azarenka bests Yulia Putintseva 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Doha on Sunday. Azarenka will have to play Madison Brengle in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. Azarenka won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Azarenka's Record

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Yulia Putintseva Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Putintseva
5-7 6-2 7-5
2h:48
122
122
Total points
106
106
40
40
Winners
50
50
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
9
9
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
66%
66%
74%
74%
1st won
60%
60%
40/54
40/54
1st won
50/84
50/84
48%
48%
2nd won
41%
41%
22/46
22/46
2nd won
18/44
18/44
-- Break Points --
6/23
6/23
Total
4/13
4/13
26%
26%
Won
31%
31%
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At the end of the match, Azarenka scored 122 points vs. Putintseva’s 106.

Azarenka

Victoria won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 26% (6/23) of the procured opportunities.

Putintseva

On the other side, Yulia was struggling when converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Putintseva is 2-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Brengle – stats

Azarenka will come up against Brengle in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Madison Brengle since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Putintseva won the set after she broke Victoria in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Belarussian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, the Kazakhstani didn’t blink to win the set 7-5.

Yulia was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Azarenka was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 111 points. It’s worth to point out that, Putintseva won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Victoria (55-56). Putintseva conceded 29 points on serve (37-29). on the other side of the net, Azarenka conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

Azarenka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Belarussian extended her lead after breaking Yulia in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Azarenka missed the opportunity to break Putintseva in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

A crucial moment of this set was when Victoria won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Victoria converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Victoria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. Victoria was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Yulia (29-17). Azarenka was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3

). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

Brengle had a favorable start in this set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, Azarenka succeeded in coming back to break the Kazakhstani 3 times in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

An important stage of this set was when Victoria won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the score from 0-4 to 4-4. Yet also Yulia won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0

They played 74 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Putintseva (40-34). Victoria surrendered 16 points on serve (22-16). On the losing side, Putintseva conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

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