Olga Danilovic surprises Pegula in the 3rd round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Danilovic surprises Pegula

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Luke Meyer
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Olga Danilovic stuns Jessica Pegula 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Danilovic will play against Paula Badosa in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Danilovic
Melbourne
Danilovic's Record

The Serbian added to her prize money $ 130,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Olga will add $ 245,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.

Highlights Olga Danilovic vs. Jessica Pegula Australian Open – Melbourne

Danilovic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Danilovic
Pegula
Olga Danilovic
7-63 6-1
1h:30
Jessica Pegula
70
70
Total points
56
56
42
42
Winners
21
21
60%
60%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
27
27
Unforced
22
22
55%
55%
Ratio Unforced
45%
45%
11/16
11/16
Net Approaches
9/15
9/15
69%
69%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
76%
76%
1st in
57%
57%
76%
76%
1st won
68%
68%
42/55
42/55
1st won
21/31
21/31
59%
59%
2nd won
65%
65%
10/17
10/17
2nd won
15/23
15/23
185
185
Fastest serve
172
172
165
165
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
0/6
0/6
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Danilovic scored 70 points vs. the American’s 56.

Danilovic

Danilovic served very well to win 76% of the points (42/55) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (10/17) on her second serve. Olga won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Pegula

On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Danilovic and Pegula is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Olga Danilovic vs. Paula Badosa – stats

Danilovic will take on Badosa in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Olga Danilovic and Paula Badosa face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Danilovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Danilovic won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Guadalajara back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Danilovic 7-6
DanilovicPegula
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DanilovicPegula
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
DanilovicPegula
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
DanilovicPegula
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
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30
30
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30
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40
40
A
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5
5
15
0
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4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
DanilovicPegula
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DanilovicPegula
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
DanilovicPegula
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DanilovicPegula
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
DanilovicPegula
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
DanilovicPegula
1
2
0
15
15
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DanilovicPegula
1
1
0
15
0
30
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40
A
40
40
A
40
DanilovicPegula
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

The Serbian won the set after she broke Jessica .

Olga wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 84 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Pegula (44-40). Danilovic surrendered 15 points on serve (36-15). on the other side of the court, Jessica conceded 8 points on serve (25-8).

2nd Set -
Danilovic 6-1
DanilovicPegula
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
DanilovicPegula
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
DanilovicPegula
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
DanilovicPegula
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
DanilovicPegula
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
DanilovicPegula
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Danilovic won the set after she broke Jessica in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

The American was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

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

They played 42 points. Olga was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Jessica (25-17). The Serbian conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).

1st
Danilovic
Pegula
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Danilovic
Pegula
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Clara TausonTauson (7-65 6-4)
  • Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-63 6-1)
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