Unstoppable Marta Kostyuk clobbers Liu in the 2nd round to play vs Badosa Gibert at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Kostyuk mullers Liu to fight against Paula Badosa Gibert in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu

Marta Kostyuk extinguishes Claire Liu 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday after playing a marvellous match to face off with Paula Badosa Gibert in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kostyuk
Rome
Kostyuk's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money € 10,048 after conquering this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Marta will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Liu
Marta Kostyuk
6-0 6-4
1h:24
Claire Liu
65
65
Total points
49
49
15
15
Winners
25
25
23%
23%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
40%
40%
1st in
72%
72%
71%
71%
1st won
57%
57%
15/21
15/21
1st won
25/44
25/44
53%
53%
2nd won
18%
18%
17/32
17/32
2nd won
3/17
3/17
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/7
1/7
63%
63%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Marta scored 65 points vs. Claire’s 49.

Kostyuk

The Ukrainian didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).

Liu

On the other side, Liu was battling in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Liu is 2-1 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats

Kostyuk will play Badosa Gibert in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Marta Kostyuk and Paula Badosa Gibert play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Badosa Gibert won 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in 2022.

Marta Kostyuk Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kostyuk HTML
KostyukLiu
HTML
K
0
0
L
0
0

There was not much story in this set as Kostyuk conceded no games to the American before winning the set 6-0.

Marta converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Liu was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 50 points. Marta was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Claire (30-20). The Ukrainian lost 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).

2nd Set -
Kostyuk Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Kostyuk had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Claire Liu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Marta managed to stage a great comeback to break the American in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

A crucial moment of this set was when Kostyuk won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-3 to 5-3.

Marta converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Liu converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Marta won 6 points more than the American (35-29). Kostyuk surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the court, Claire conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

1st
Kostyuk
Liu
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kostyuk
Liu
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
 

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