Begu defeats Dodin in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Begu gets by Dodin to face Elise Mertens in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Oceane Dodin

Irina-Camelia Begu defeats Oceane Dodin 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Begu will seek to keep on going in this event against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Begu
Melbourne
Begu's Record

The Romanian added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Romanian will add $ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Oceane Dodin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Begu
Dodin
Irina-Camelia Begu
2-6 7-5 6-3
2h:37
Oceane Dodin
114
114
Total points
105
105
37
37
Winners
33
33
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
46
46
Unforced
67
67
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
5/6
5/6
Net Approaches
8/9
8/9
83%
83%
Perc
89%
89%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
5
5
7
7
Double Faults
6
6
56%
56%
1st in
49%
49%
63%
63%
1st won
59%
59%
37/59
37/59
1st won
33/56
33/56
41%
41%
2nd won
40%
40%
19/46
19/46
2nd won
23/58
23/58
172
172
Fastest serve
187
187
160
160
AVG 1st Serve
164
164
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
139
139
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
Total
7/15
7/15
41%
41%
Won
47%
47%
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 114 points vs. Oceane’s 105.

Begu

Irina-Camelia fired 13 aces and she committed 7 double faults. Irina-Camelia won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 41% (7/17) of the procured opportunities.

Dodin

On the other side, Oceane wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 47% – 7/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Begu and Dodin is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Begu will fight against Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in Istanbul back in 2017.

Irina-Camelia Begu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Mertens took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Oceane Dodin in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since the Romanian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Dodin maintained her cool to break Begu in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of this set was when Dodin won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Dodin was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Romanian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Romanian (34-24). Dodin conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).

Mertens had a strong start of this set after breaking Oceane Dodin in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Begu found the way to come back to break Dodin 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Dodin was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5. However also the French player won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

The Romanian converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Oceane converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 94 points. Irina-Camelia conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the French player (52-42). Irina-Camelia conceded 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the court, Oceane conceded 30 points on serve (24-30).

Mertens had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Oceane Dodin in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Romanian was not done to come back to break Dodin in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

They played 67 points. Begu won 9 points more than the French player (38-29). Irina-Camelia dropped 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

 

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