Superb Victoria Azarenka soars past Kalinina in the 1st round to play vs Muchova at the Miami Open – MIAMI RESULTS

Victoria Azarenka grounds Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Miami on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to deal with Karolina Muchova in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. The Belarussian won this tournament 3 times in 2009, 2011 and 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.

Azarenka added to her prize money $ 11,500 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If she wins the next match, Victoria will add $ 25,140 to her earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 55 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 28.

Azarenka

Victoria served very well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (10/15) on her second serve. Victoria was sharp when converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Kalinina

On the other side, Kalinina had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Azarenka and Kalinina is 3-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Azarenka will face Muchova in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Muchova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Azarenka and Muchova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 7-6¹ 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Indian Wells back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Azarenka conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The Ukrainian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.

The Belarussian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 7^th (4-3 0-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Anhelina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5^th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 51 points. Victoria was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Ukrainian (33-18). Azarenka dropped 5 points on serve (21-5). In addition, on the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Azarenka started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Anhelina Kalinina in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, that was not enough for the Belarussian to win the set since the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game. Victoria maintained her cool to break Kalinina in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Azarenka failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Azarenka converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-0 15-40), the 4^th (4-0 0-40) and the 7^th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kalinina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6^th game (0-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 32 points. Victoria won 12 more points than the Ukrainian (22-10). The Belarussian conceded 7 points on serve (10-7). on the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

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