Rebeka Masarova beats Sasnovich in the 1st round to play vs Tsurenko at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Masarova overcomes Sasnovich to compete against Lesya Tsurenko in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Rebeka Masarova defeats Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Masarova will clash against Lesya Tsurenko in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Masarova
Melbourne
Masarova's Record

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

Highlights Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Masarova
Sasnovich
Rebeka Masarova
6-3 6-4
1h:37
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
75
75
Total points
58
58
28
28
Winners
23
23
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
21
21
Unforced
30
30
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
5/10
5/10
Net Approaches
8/12
8/12
50%
50%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
56%
56%
1st in
66%
66%
76%
76%
1st won
52%
52%
28/37
28/37
1st won
23/44
23/44
38%
38%
2nd won
35%
35%
11/29
11/29
2nd won
8/23
8/23
194
194
Fastest serve
167
167
178
178
AVG 1st Serve
153
153
144
144
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
3/5
3/5
36%
36%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 75 points vs. the Belarussian’s 58.

Masarova

The Spaniard served pretty well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 38% points (11/29) on her second serve. Masarova won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Sasnovich

On the other side, the Belarussian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Masarova and Sasnovich is 2-1 for Rebeka.

Draw and next match H2H: Rebeka Masarova vs. Lesya Tsurenko – stats

Masarova will fight against Tsurenko in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Rebeka Masarova and Lesya Tsurenko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Rebeka Masarova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Masarova 6-3
MasarovaSasnovich
6
3
0
0
MasarovaSasnovich
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
40
30
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MasarovaSasnovich
4
3
0
15
15
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MasarovaSasnovich
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MasarovaSasnovich
3
2
15
0
30
15
40
30
A
40
MasarovaSasnovich
3
1
0
15
15
30
15
40
MasarovaSasnovich
3
0
0
15
40
15
MasarovaSasnovich
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
MasarovaSasnovich
1
0
0
15
15
30
30
30
40
40
A
40

Masarova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Sasnovich found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Spaniard kept her cool to break Aliaksandra in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

They contested 57 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than Sasnovich (37-20). Rebeka dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). On the other side, the Belarussian conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).

2nd Set -
Masarova 5-4
MasarovaSasnovich
5
4
S
15
0
M
30
15
S
40
30
M
41
30
Masarova
4
4
0
0
MasarovaSasnovich
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MasarovaSasnovich
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MasarovaSasnovich
2
3
15
0
30
15
40
15
MasarovaSasnovich
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MasarovaSasnovich
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MasarovaSasnovich
2
0
0
15
0
30
30
30
30
40
MasarovaSasnovich
1
0
0
15
MasarovaSasnovich
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Masarova started the set strong after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Rebeka to win the set because Aliaksandra managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Rebeka kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 30.

Tiebreak

Masarova won 3 minibreaks in the 15th (15-0), 70th (40-30) and 71st (41-30) point. On the other side, Sasnovich won a minibreak in the 45th (15-30) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 15-0, 30-15, 40-30, 41-30

They played 56 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Sasnovich (30-26). Masarova surrendered 10 points on serve (13-10). On the losing side, Sasnovich conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

1st
Masarova
Sasnovich
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Masarova
Sasnovich
5-4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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