Petra Martic upsets Badosa in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Martic stuns Badosa to take on Victoria Azarenka in the 3rd round

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

Petra Martic surprises Paula Badosa Gibert 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Martic will play against Victoria Azarenka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Martic's Record

Petra added to her prize money $ 67,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 188,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 278,000 in total.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Paula Badosa Gibert U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, Petra scored 103 points vs. Badosa’s 77.

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Petra served extremely well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind her first serve, and she won 65% points (22/34) on her second serve. Martic struck 10 aces and she committed 3 double faults. The Croatian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

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On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Martic and Badosa is 2-1 for Petra.

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Martic will compete against Azarenka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Petra Martic and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Azarenka won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Linz back in 2012.

Petra Martic Draw info

Petra was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 57 points vs. Azarenka’s 34 points.

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Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Spaniard won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Paula won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Petra won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 8th (4-4) point.

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

Paula wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Petra was perfect in converting all her break points in the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Badosa won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Petra (43-46). Badosa dropped 16 points on serve (33-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Martic conceded 10 points on serve (30-10).

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The Croatian was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Paula 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

The Spaniard was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Martic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 43 points. Petra conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Paula (29-14). Petra surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). On the other side, Badosa conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

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The Croatian in this set played much better tennis than Paula and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Badosa in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Petra won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Croatian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 48 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Paula (29-19). Martic dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Badosa conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

 

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