Marta Kostyuk downs Mertens in the 2nd round to clash vs Avanesyan. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kostyuk prevails over Mertens to come up against Elina Avanesyan in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens

Marta Kostyuk gets by Elise Mertens 5-7 6-1 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Kostyuk will play Elina Avanesyan in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kostyuk
Melbourne
Kostyuk's Record

Kostyuk added to her prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 255,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kostyuk will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Mertens
Marta Kostyuk
5-7 6-1 7-66
2h:53
Elise Mertens
113
113
Total points
100
100
52
52
Winners
46
46
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
38
38
Unforced
37
37
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
28/32
28/32
Net Approaches
20/38
20/38
88%
88%
Perc
53%
53%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
11
11
Double Faults
6
6
64%
64%
1st in
64%
64%
75%
75%
1st won
69%
69%
52/69
52/69
1st won
46/67
46/67
44%
44%
2nd won
39%
39%
17/39
17/39
2nd won
15/38
15/38
184
184
Fastest serve
187
187
168
168
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
139
139
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
3/13
3/13
50%
50%
Won
23%
23%
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At the end of the match, Kostyuk scored 113 points vs. Mertens’s 100.

Kostyuk

Marta served pretty well to win 75% of the points (52/69) behind her first serve. However she won only 44% points (17/39) on her second serve. Kostyuk was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).

Mertens

On the other side, Elise had some problems converting her break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Mertens is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Elina Avanesyan – stats

Kostyuk will square off with Avanesyan in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Elina Avanesyan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk Draw info

1st
Kostyuk
Mertens
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Kostyuk
Mertens
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Kostyuk
Mertens
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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