Victoria Azarenka hustles Clara Burel 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Azarenka will face off with Jelena Ostapenko in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. Victoria won this tournament twice in 2009 and 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Belarussian added to her prize money $ 17,600 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 38,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 41,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 79,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:33
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 68 points vs. Burel’s 52.
Azarenka
Victoria didn’t lose the focus when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Burel
On the other side, Burel was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Burel is 1-0 for Victoria.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats
Azarenka will compete against Ostapenko in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Ostapenko square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Azarenka won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Indian Wells back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Azarenka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Belarussian to win the set since Clara found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Victoria maintained her focus to break Burel in the 12th (7-5) game.
Azarenka failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Belarussian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Clara converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 80 points. Azarenka conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the French player (43-37). Azarenka conceded 18 points on serve (30-18). On the other side, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Azarenka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Victoria improved her lead after breaking Clara in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The Belarussian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Burel wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 40 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Burel (25-15). Victoria dropped 7 points on serve (14-7). On the other side, Clara conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Clara BurelBurel (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Julia RieraRiera (6-1 6-74 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
