Unstoppable Elina Svitolina demolishes Preston in the 1st round to battle vs Tomova. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina outpaces Preston to take on Viktoriya Tomova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Taylah Preston

Elina Svitolina brushes past Taylah Preston 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a tremendous match to play Viktoriya Tomova in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 59 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Svitolina
Melbourne
Svitolina's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 60,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elina will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Taylah Preston Australian Open – Melbourne

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Preston
Elina Svitolina
6-2 6-2
0h:59
Taylah Preston
60
60
Total points
35
35
17
17
Winners
16
16
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
12
12
Unforced
27
27
31%
31%
Ratio Unforced
69%
69%
5/6
5/6
Net Approaches
5/5
5/5
83%
83%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
57%
57%
1st in
62%
62%
71%
71%
1st won
48%
48%
17/24
17/24
1st won
16/33
16/33
56%
56%
2nd won
20%
20%
10/18
10/18
2nd won
4/20
4/20
181
181
Fastest serve
166
166
166
166
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
133
133
AVG 2nd Serve
148
148
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
2/2
2/2
60%
60%
Won
100%
100%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 60 points vs. Preston’s 35.

Svitolina

Svitolina was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Preston

On the other side, the Australian was remarkable in converting all her break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Preston is 1-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova – stats

Svitolina will take on Tomova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Elina Svitolina and Viktoriya Tomova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 7-63 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monterrey back in 2022.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Svitolina 6-2
SvitolinaPreston
6
2
0
15
15
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaPreston
5
2
15
0
40
15
SvitolinaPreston
4
2
15
0
SvitolinaPreston
3
2
15
15
30
15
40
15
SvitolinaPreston
2
2
15
0
40
15
SvitolinaPreston
1
2
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
SvitolinaPreston
1
1
15
0
SvitolinaPreston
0
1
0
0

Svitolina was more solid than Taylah and without too much struggle she won 6-2. Taylah broke Svitolina 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the Ukrainian broke her opponent in the 3rd (1-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).

Taylah was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Ukrainian surrendered 7 points on serve (10-7). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

2nd Set -
Svitolina 6-2
SvitolinaPreston
6
2
15
15
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaPreston
5
2
0
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SvitolinaPreston
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SvitolinaPreston
4
1
15
0
40
15
SvitolinaPreston
3
1
15
15
30
15
40
15
SvitolinaPreston
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
Svitolina
1
1
0
0
SvitolinaPreston
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15

Elina in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Taylah and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Preston in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

They contested 40 points. Elina won 22 points more than Preston (31-9). Elina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (17-2). On the other side, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).

1st
Svitolina
Preston
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Svitolina
Preston
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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