Cristina Bucsa surprises Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Bucsa will fight against Iga Swiatek in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 51 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 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne
Bucsa's Record

Cristina added to her prize money $ 69,075 after winning this match. She has won already $ 227,925 after this win. If she wins the next match, Bucsa will add $ 110,325 to her earnings to get in total $ 338,250 in total.

Highlights Cristina Bucsa vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bucsa
Andreescu
2-6 7-67 6-4
2h:51
97
97
Total points
103
103
30
30
Winners
42
42
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
50
50
Unforced
53
53
49%
49%
Ratio Unforced
51%
51%
9/12
9/12
Net Approaches
17/27
17/27
75%
75%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
59%
59%
1st in
61%
61%
55%
55%
1st won
65%
65%
30/55
30/55
1st won
42/65
42/65
56%
56%
2nd won
46%
46%
22/39
22/39
2nd won
19/41
19/41
159
159
Fastest serve
178
178
151
151
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
138
138
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
6/8
6/8
42%
42%
Won
75%
75%
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Cristina won this contest even if she scored less points than the Canadian (97 vs. 103).

Bucsa

Bucsa won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Andreescu

On the other side, the Canadian was effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (6/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Bucsa and Andreescu is 1-0 for Cristina.

Draw and next match H2H: Cristina Bucsa vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Bucsa will face Swiatek in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Cristina Bucsa and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Andreescu 6-2
AndreescuBucsa
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
AndreescuBucsa
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
AndreescuBucsa
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
15
AndreescuBucsa
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
AndreescuBucsa
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
AndreescuBucsa
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
AndreescuBucsa
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
AndreescuBucsa
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Bianca in this set was much more effective than Bucsa and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Andreescu won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

They contested 39 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Spaniard (25-14). Bianca was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Bucsa conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

2nd Set -
Bucsa 7-6
BucsaAndreescu
7
6
B
0
1
A
1
1
A
2
1
B
3
2
B
4
2
A
4
3
A
4
4
B
5
4
B
5
5
A
5
6
A
6
6
B
7
6
B
7
7
A
8
7
A
9
7
BucsaAndreescu
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BucsaAndreescu
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
30
40
30
BucsaAndreescu
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BucsaAndreescu
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
40
BucsaAndreescu
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
BucsaAndreescu
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BucsaAndreescu
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BucsaAndreescu
4
1
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BucsaAndreescu
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BucsaAndreescu
2
1
15
0
30
15
40
15
BucsaAndreescu
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BucsaAndreescu
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Bucsa conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the 1st

game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Spaniard refused to bow to come back to break Andreescu 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 7.

Cristina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1. Anyhow also the Canadian won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5

Tiebreak

Cristina won 7 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Andreescu won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

They contested 96 points. Bucsa conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Canadian (51-45). The Spaniard surrendered 19 points on serve (24-19). On the losing side, Bianca conceded 27 points on serve (26-27).

3rd Set -
Bucsa 6-4
BucsaAndreescu
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BucsaAndreescu
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BucsaAndreescu
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BucsaAndreescu
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BucsaAndreescu
4
2
0
15
0
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BucsaAndreescu
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BucsaAndreescu
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BucsaAndreescu
2
1
0
0
BucsaAndreescu
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30

Bucsa was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set because the Canadian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Cristina maintained her cool to break Andreescu in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

They contested 68 points. Bucsa was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Bianca (37-31). Bucsa surrendered 12 points on serve (16-12). On the other side, Bianca conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).

1st
Bucsa
Andreescu
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Bucsa
Andreescu
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Bucsa
Andreescu
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0

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