Inexorable Iga Swiatek crushes Alexandrova in the 3rd round to battle vs Azarenka. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

Iga Swiatek breezes past Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Doha on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to play Victoria Azarenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Swiatek won this tournament twice in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Doha

Swiatek's Record

Iga added to her prize money $ 36,511 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 72,965 after this win. If she wins the next match, Iga will add $ 85,979 to her earnings to get in total $ 158,944 in total.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek

Alexandrova

6-1 6-4
1h:31

72

72

Total points

52

52

40

40

Winners

14

14

56%

56%

Ratio Winners

27%

27%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

2

2

0

0

Double Faults

3

3

74%

74%

1st in

55%

55%

74%

74%

1st won

50%

50%

40/54

40/54

1st won

14/28

14/28

47%

47%

2nd won

61%

61%

9/19

9/19

2nd won

14/23

14/23

-- Break Points --

3/6

3/6

Total

0/8

0/8

50%

50%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, the Pole scored 72 points vs. the Russian’s 52.

Swiatek

The Pole was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).

Alexandrova

On the other side, Ekaterina wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Alexandrova is 3-1 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Swiatek will fight against Azarenka in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Iga Swiatek and Victoria Azarenka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-4 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Rome back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Swiatek started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Pole managed to boost her lead after breaking Ekaterina in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Russian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

The Pole converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 50 points. Swiatek was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Ekaterina (31-19). The Pole lost 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Pole snatched in the 7^th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Swiatek converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7^th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. Iga won 8 points more than the Russian (41-33). Iga lost 17 points on serve (30-17). In addition, on the other side, Ekaterina conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Linda NoskovaNoskova (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-1 6-7⁶ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Qinwen ZhengZheng (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (w/o) – Stats and score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H details and stats
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-4) – H2H details and stats
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-3) – H2H details and stats