Eva Lys surprises Jaqueline Cristian 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Lys is going to play against Iga Swiatek in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Eva 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, Lys will add $ 245,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.
Highlights Eva Lys vs. Jaqueline Cristian Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Eva scored 98 points vs. the Romanian’s 80.
Lys
Lys won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Cristian
On the other side, Cristian was struggling when converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Lys and Cristian is 4-0 for Eva.
Draw and next match H2H: Eva Lys vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Lys will take on Swiatek in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Eva Lys and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Cristian won the set after she broke the German in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The German tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. However, Cristian refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Cristian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Jaqueline was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Lys was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 78 points. This set was so close that, The Romanian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Cristian conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
Lys had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jaqueline Cristian in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the German to win the set since Jaqueline managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The German kept her cool to break Cristian in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The German converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Jaqueline converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd
game (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).They played 58 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Jaqueline (34-24). Eva conceded 6 points on serve (15-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Cristian conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Lys took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jaqueline Cristian in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Lys to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Lys converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. The German conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Jaqueline (25-17). Eva was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Romanian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Emma NavarroNavarro – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 3-6 6-4)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 6-4)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-1 6-0)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 6-2)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 6-1)
- Eva LysLys – Jaqueline CristianCristian (4-6 6-3 6-3)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 4-6 6-3)
- Cori GauffGauff – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2)
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-1 6-2)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 1-6 6-2)
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-63 6-1)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Naomi OsakaOsaka (7-63 ret.)
- Donna VekicVekic – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-64 6-73 7-5)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Clara TausonTauson (7-65 6-4)
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