Magdalena Frech gets by Azarenka in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Zheng at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Frech bests Azarenka to come up against Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Magdalena-Frech-vs-Victoria-Azarenka

Magdalena Frech dispatches Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Frech will play against Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 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 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Frech
Rome
Frech's Record

Frech added to her prize money € 17,098 after winning this match. She has already won € 38,313 after this win. If she wins the next match, Frech will add € 27,797 to her earnings to get in total € 66,110 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Frech
Azarenka
Magdalena Frech
7-5 6-4
2h:06
Victoria Azarenka
79
79
Total points
70
70
31
31
Winners
27
27
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
69%
69%
63%
63%
1st won
59%
59%
31/49
31/49
1st won
27/46
27/46
42%
42%
2nd won
29%
29%
14/33
14/33
2nd won
6/21
6/21
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/7
4/7
55%
55%
Won
57%
57%
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At the end of the match, the Pole scored 79 points vs. Victoria’s 70.

Frech

The Pole didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Azarenka

On the other side, Victoria was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Frech and Azarenka is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Magdalena Frech vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Frech will square off with Zheng in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Magdalena Frech and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Frech and Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zheng won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2024.

Magdalena Frech Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Frech 7-5
FrechAzarenka
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
FrechAzarenka
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
FrechAzarenka
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FrechAzarenka
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
FrechAzarenka
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
FrechAzarenka
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
FrechAzarenka
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
FrechAzarenka
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
FrechAzarenka
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
FrechAzarenka
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
FrechAzarenka
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
FrechAzarenka
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
FrechAzarenka
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

Frech had a racing start in this set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Magdalena managed to stage a good comeback to break Azarenka in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Magdalena failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Frech converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Azarenka converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A).

They contested 85 points. The contest during this set was so even that Magdalena won only 1 point more than Victoria (43-42). Magdalena dropped 20 points on serve (27-20). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

2nd Set -
Frech 6-4
FrechAzarenka
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
FrechAzarenka
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
FrechAzarenka
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
FrechAzarenka
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
FrechAzarenka
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
FrechAzarenka
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
FrechAzarenka
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
FrechAzarenka
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
FrechAzarenka
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

The Pole won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Frech broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

A defining moment of this set was when Frech won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Frech converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Azarenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 64 points. Magdalena was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Belarussian (36-28). The Pole lost 17 points on serve (18-17). On the other side, Victoria conceded 18 points on serve (11-18).

1st
Frech
Azarenka
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Frech
Azarenka
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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