Elina Avanesyan upsets Sakkari in the 2nd round to play vs Kostyuk at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Avanesyan surprises Sakkari to square off with Marta Kostyuk in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elina Avanesyan vs. Maria Sakkari

Elina Avanesyan surprises Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Avanesyan will play Marta Kostyuk in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Avanesyan
Melbourne
Avanesyan's Record

The Russian 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, Elina will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Elina Avanesyan vs. Maria Sakkari Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Avanesyan
Sakkari
Elina Avanesyan
6-4 6-4
1h:43
Maria Sakkari
77
77
Total points
69
69
37
37
Winners
29
29
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
24
24
Unforced
43
43
36%
36%
Ratio Unforced
64%
64%
9/12
9/12
Net Approaches
12/17
12/17
75%
75%
Perc
71%
71%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
82%
82%
1st in
65%
65%
64%
64%
1st won
59%
59%
37/58
37/58
1st won
29/49
29/49
46%
46%
2nd won
46%
46%
6/13
6/13
2nd won
12/26
12/26
161
161
Fastest serve
180
180
143
143
AVG 1st Serve
163
163
121
121
AVG 2nd Serve
138
138
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
2/6
2/6
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Elina scored 77 points vs. Sakkari’s 69.

Avanesyan

Avanesyan won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, Maria was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Avanesyan and Sakkari is 1-0 for Elina.

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

Avanesyan will face Kostyuk in the 3rd round.

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

Elina Avanesyan Draw info

1st
Avanesyan
Sakkari
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Avanesyan
Sakkari
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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