Victoria Azarenka conquers Giorgi in the 1st round to clash vs Tauson. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka beats Giorgi to fight against Clara Tauson in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Camila Giorgi

Victoria Azarenka prevails over Camila Giorgi 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Azarenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Clara Tauson in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. Azarenka won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.

Azarenka
Melbourne
Azarenka's Record

Victoria 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, Azarenka will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Camila Giorgi Australian Open – Melbourne

Azarenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Giorgi
Victoria Azarenka
6-1 4-6 6-3
2h:26
Camila Giorgi
99
99
Total points
82
82
38
38
Winners
32
32
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
24
24
Unforced
47
47
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
10/10
10/10
Net Approaches
1/9
1/9
100%
100%
Perc
11%
11%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
5
5
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
53%
53%
1st in
51%
51%
84%
84%
1st won
65%
65%
38/45
38/45
1st won
32/49
32/49
40%
40%
2nd won
40%
40%
16/40
16/40
2nd won
19/47
19/47
182
182
Fastest serve
187
187
168
168
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
146
146
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
2/8
2/8
42%
42%
Won
25%
25%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Victoria scored 99 points vs. Camila’s 82.

Azarenka

Victoria served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (38/45) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 40% points (16/40) on her second serve. The Belarussian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Giorgi

On the other side, Giorgi was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Azarenka and Giorgi is 3-2 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Tauson – stats

Azarenka will fight against Tauson in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Clara Tauson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Azarenka won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2021.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

1st
Azarenka
Giorgi
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Azarenka
Giorgi
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Azarenka
Giorgi
5-3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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