Great Marta Kostyuk clobbers Niemeier in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Badosa at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kostyuk rolls past Niemeier to face Paula Badosa in the 3rd round

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Marta Kostyuk sweeps aside Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a terrific match to face off with Paula Badosa in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kostyuk
Melbourne
Kostyuk's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kostyuk will add $ 130,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Jule Niemeier Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Niemeier
57
57
Total points
33
33
25
25
Winners
11
11
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
17
17
Unforced
31
31
35%
35%
Ratio Unforced
65%
65%
9/12
9/12
Net Approaches
5/16
5/16
75%
75%
Perc
31%
31%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
67%
67%
1st in
50%
50%
78%
78%
1st won
52%
52%
25/32
25/32
1st won
11/21
11/21
44%
44%
2nd won
29%
29%
7/16
7/16
2nd won
6/21
6/21
175
175
Fastest serve
180
180
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
161
161
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
143
143
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
1/4
1/4
83%
83%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Marta scored 57 points vs. Niemeier’s 33.

Kostyuk

Marta served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 44% points (7/16) on her second serve. The Ukrainian didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).

Niemeier

On the other side, Jule was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25%1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Niemeier is 1-0 for Marta.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa – stats

Kostyuk will play Badosa in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Marta Kostyuk and Paula Badosa clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kostyuk won 6-2 1-0 ret. in the 2nd round in London back in 2023.

Marta Kostyuk Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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KostyukNiemeier
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0
0
N
0
0

Kostyuk started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jule Niemeier in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Marta to win the set since Jule found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

A defining moment of this set was when the Ukrainian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Kostyuk converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Niemeier was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (1-5 15-40).

They contested 56 points. The Ukrainian won 10 more points than the German (33-23). Kostyuk lost 9 points on serve (17-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Jule conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

2nd Set -
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The German was repeatedly broken and Kostyuk won the set 6-0.

Kostyuk was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, Niemeier was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 32 points. The Ukrainian won 14 points more than Jule (23-9). The Ukrainian surrendered 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the court, Niemeier conceded 9 points on serve (3-9).

1st
Kostyuk
Niemeier
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kostyuk
Niemeier
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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  • Belinda BencicBencicSuzan LamensLamens (6-1 7-63)
  • Jessica PegulaPegulaElise MertensMertens (6-4 6-2)
  • Marta KostyukKostyukJule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-0)
  • Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie FernandezCristina BucsaBucsa (3-6 6-4 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauffJodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-3 7-5)
  • Naomi OsakaOsakaKarolina MuchovaMuchova (1-6 6-1 6-3)
  • Clara TausonTausonTatjana MariaMaria (6-2 6-2)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaiderAjla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-5)
  • Olga DanilovicDanilovicLiudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-2)
  • Paula BadosaBadosaTalia GibsonGibson (6-1 6-0)
  • Magdalena FrechFrechAnna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-6 6-0 6-2)
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkovaAnastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-62 2-6 6-2)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreevaMoyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 3-6 7-68)
  • Donna VekicVekicHarriet DartDart (4-6 6-0 6-2)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenkaJessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-3 7-5)

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