Victoria Azarenka and Marta Kostyuk will face off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 17. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.64
Marta Kostyuk -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Marta Kostyuk

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

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 26, Victoria reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ashlyn Krueger 6-1 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Belarussian defeated Krueger (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Azarenka scored 90 points vs Krueger’s 70. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Azarenka wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Azarenka put 74% of her first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Krueger 7 times after converting 37% of her break points (7/19).

Azarenka has a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (226-91). 12-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has an aggregate 151-54 record in the last years on hard.

Victoria has a composed 18-10 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 65, the Ukrainian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mayar Sherif 7-6² 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Kostyuk had a good straight sets win against Sherif (7-6² 6-4). During the match Kostyuk scored 72 points vs Sherif’s 61. Marta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kostyuk struck 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marta Kostyuk was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Marta broke Sherif 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Granby.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 23-14 win-loss record in 2022, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Azarenka	Kostyuk
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	25	23
Pts	90-70	72-61
Total Points	160	133
Winners	35	30
%Winners	39%	42%

Both Azarenka and Kostyuk played 1 match. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka surrendered 1 set while Marta Kostyuk hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set more than Kostyuk (3 vs 2). Therefore, Azarenka played 2 games more than Kostyuk. The Belarussian scored 35 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kostyuk blasted 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Azarenka	Kostyuk
Aces	0	4
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	49/66	37/63
%1st in	74%	59%
1st pts	35/49	30/37
%1st pts	71%	81%
2nd pts	8/17	15/26
%2nd pts	47%	58%

Azarenka didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kostyuk recorded 4 aces . Azarenka won 71% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kostyuk won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Azarenka	Kostyuk
Won	7	3
Converted	7/19	3/9
% Converted	37%	33%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	60%
Times Broken	3	2

Victoria broke her opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Azarenka lost her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Kostyuk broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Marta conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Azarenka
	R1 Krueger	Total
Score	6-1 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	90-70	90-70
Total points	160	160
Winners	35	35
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	49/66	49/66
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	35/49	35/49
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	8/17	8/17
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/19	7/19
Converted %	37%	37%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Kostyuk
	R1 Sherif	Total
Score	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	72-61	72-61
Total points	133	133
Winners	30	30
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	37/63	37/63
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	30/37	30/37
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	15/26	15/26
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

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