Elina Svitolina aces Azarenka in the 1st round to play vs Kasatkina at the Mubadala Citi DC Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

Elina Svitolina prevails over Victoria Azarenka 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Washington on Monday. Svitolina will face Daria Kasatkina in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Washington

Svitolina's Record

Svitolina added to her prize money $ 3,280 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elina will add $ 11,200 to her earnings to get in total $ 22,800 in total.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Victoria Azarenka Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina

Azarenka

7-6² 6-4
1h:47

68

68

Total points

63

63

19

19

Winners

15

15

28%

28%

Ratio Winners

24%

24%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

1

1

5

5

Double Faults

6

6

59%

59%

1st in

57%

57%

53%

53%

1st won

38%

38%

19/36

19/36

1st won

15/40

15/40

24%

24%

2nd won

40%

40%

6/25

6/25

2nd won

12/30

12/30

-- Break Points --

9/11

9/11

Total

8/10

8/10

82%

82%

Won

80%

80%

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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 68 points vs. Azarenka’s 63.

Svitolina

The Ukrainian was pretty good at converting 82% of the break points that she procured (9/11).

Azarenka

On the other side, Azarenka was well focused in converting 80% of the break points that she procured points (8/10). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Svitolina and Azarenka is 2-5 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Svitolina will face Kasatkina in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 8^th time that Elina Svitolina and Daria Kasatkina square off. The head to head is 7-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 5-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 6-4 7-6⁵ in the 4^th round in Paris back in June 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Svitolina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Ukrainian to win the set because the Belarussian found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Elina kept her cool to break the Belarussian in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).

Svitolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

Yet also the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games from 0-3 to 5-3

The Ukrainian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 0-40), the 9^th (3-5 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (0-3 0-40), the 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (4-3 30-40), the 11^th (5-6 0-40) and the 14^th game (5-7 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 77 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Ukrainian won barely 1 point more than Victoria (39-38). The Ukrainian dropped 22 points on serve (13-22). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 26 points on serve (16-26).

Svitolina won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game, Elina broke back 4 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th game to conquer the set 6-4.

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

Elina converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (1-2 40-A), the 5^th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (4-3 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40), the 6^th (2-4 15-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 54 points. The Ukrainian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Victoria (29-25). Elina lost 14 points on serve (8-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 21 points on serve (11-21).

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