Victoria Azarenka hustles Zeynep Sonmez 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Berlin on Wednesday. Azarenka is going to play against Elena Rybakina or Veronika Kudermetova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Zeynep Sonmez Berlin Ladies Open – Berlin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
At the end of the match, Azarenka scored 72 points vs. the Turk’s 56.
Azarenka
The Belarussian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Sonmez
On the other side, Zeynep had a tough time converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Azarenka and Sonmez is 1-0 for Victoria.
Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina or Veronika Kudermetova – stats
Azarenka will face either Elena Rybakina or Veronika Kudermetova in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-4 vs. Elena Rybakina and 1-2 vs. Veronika Kudermetova.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Belarussian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Azarenka missed the opportunity to break the Turk in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Zeynep was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Belarussian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Turk wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 74 points. Azarenka was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Sonmez (42-32). Azarenka surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, Zeynep conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Azarenka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Zeynep Sonmez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set because the Turk succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. The Belarussian kept her focus to break the Turk in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Azarenka converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Turk converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Victoria was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Sonmez (29-23). Victoria lost 15 points on serve (15-15). on the other side of the net, Zeynep conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Tennis Scores in Berlin
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-3 6-3)
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