Elina Svitolina wins against Emma Raducanu 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Thursday. Svitolina will fight against Marie Bouzkova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Emma Raducanu ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Elina scored 123 points vs. Raducanu’s 109.
Svitolina
The Ukrainian fired 11 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Svitolina won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Raducanu
On the other side, Raducanu was battling in converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Raducanu is 1-0 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats
Svitolina will compete against Bouzkova in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Marie Bouzkova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 6-3 7-65 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Emma won the set after she broke Svitolina in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Elina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Emma managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 7-6.
A defining moment of this set was when Raducanu won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1. Nonetheless also Elina won 5 consecutive games from 1-5 to 6-5
The Brit was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Svitolina was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 105 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Emma won only 1 point more than Svitolina (53-52). The Brit surrendered 21 points on serve (25-21). on the other side of the court, Svitolina conceded 28 points on serve (31-28).
Svitolina won the set after she broke the Brit in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Elina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brit converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Svitolina won just 3 points more than Raducanu (45-42). Elina lost 21 points on serve (30-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Emma conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Svitolina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Elina improved her lead after breaking Raducanu in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Elina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Elina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. The Ukrainian won 10 more points than the Brit (25-15). Elina conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Raducanu conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
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