Amazing Victoria Azarenka motors past Burel in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Wang. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Azarenka rolls past Burel to fight against Yafan Wang in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel

Victoria Azarenka sweeps aside Clara Burel 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to come up against Yafan Wang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2012, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Azarenka
New York
Azarenka's Record

Victoria added to her prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 110,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Burel
Victoria Azarenka
6-1 6-4
1h:26
Clara Burel
65
65
Total points
46
46
20
20
Winners
16
16
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
18
18
Unforced
31
31
37%
37%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
9/20
9/20
Net Approaches
5/10
5/10
45%
45%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
53%
53%
1st in
62%
62%
65%
65%
1st won
50%
50%
20/31
20/31
1st won
16/32
16/32
68%
68%
2nd won
50%
50%
19/28
19/28
2nd won
10/20
10/20
173
173
Fastest serve
170
170
154
154
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
139
139
AVG 2nd Serve
124
124
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/7
1/7
50%
50%
Won
14%
14%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 65 points vs. the French player’s 46.

Azarenka

Azarenka was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).

Burel

On the other side, the French player was battling in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Azarenka and Burel is 2-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Yafan Wang – stats

Azarenka will play Wang in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Yafan Wang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Azarenka won 6-1 6-75 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington back in August 2024.

Victoria Azarenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Azarenka 6-1
AzarenkaBurel
6
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaBurel
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaBurel
5
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaBurel
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaBurel
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaBurel
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaBurel
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Azarenka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Victoria extended her lead after breaking the French player in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

The French player lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Azarenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 48 points. Azarenka won 12 more points than Burel (30-18). Victoria surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Burel conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

2nd Set -
Azarenka 6-4
AzarenkaBurel
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaBurel
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaBurel
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaBurel
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaBurel
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaBurel
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaBurel
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaBurel
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
AzarenkaBurel
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaBurel
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

Victoria won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Victoria broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to conquer the set 6-4.

Azarenka was unable to break Burel in the 9th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

One of the most important stints of the set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 1-3 to 5-3.

Victoria converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Clara converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 63 points. The Belarussian won 7 points more than the French player (35-28). The Belarussian conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). On the other side, Clara conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

1st
Azarenka
Burel
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Azarenka
Burel
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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