In this meeting, the 7th racket Mira Sobolenko met with the 11th racket Serena Williams. Now the American is not showing a stable game. But still, she continues to be a dangerous opponent. Bookmakers could not come to a consensus and single out an unconditional favorite. Everyone agreed that the fans would have a long match. You can put TB17.5 or TB19.5. Who will be the winner of the meeting? Who will qualify for the ¼ final of the Australian Open Women's Tennis Championship?
First set
Serena Williams started the match. In the first game, she wins on her serve. In the second game, Sobolenko confidently takes his serve. In the third game, Serena Williams was leading in the score 15 - 40. But Arina Sobolenko was able to make 40 - 40. After 2 "exactly" Serena was saved by the serve. She realized a couple of aces. As a result, she won the game on her serve (1 - 2). The representative of Belarus shaves her serve and wins the 4th game. The score becomes a draw: 2 - 2. In the 5th game, Serna takes another point on his serve. It is interesting that after 5 games S. Williams has already made 2 double faults.
In the 6th game, Arina compares the score: 3 - 3. In the 7th game, the struggle was very tense. After a few "straight" Serena Williams was able to take a point on her serve. The score becomes 3 - 4. Arina Sobolenko confidently wins the 8th game (4 - 4). Unfortunately, in the 9th game Sobolenko is inferior to Serena in his serve. With a break point Williams took the lead. She wins 10 games and 10 sets. Score: 4 - 6.
Set number 2
The beginning of the second set turned out to be more successful for Sobolenko. In game 1, she realized a break point. In the second, he confidently takes a point on his serve. In game 3, Arina realized her next break point. She took the lead in the score: 3 - 0. In the 4th game, Serena converted a break point. She closed the lead: 3 - 1.
In the 5th game, Arina was losing with a score of 15 - 40. But she was able to equalize the score: 40 - 40. It was felt that Serana did not always have time to react to Arina's actions. She even fell during one draw. Ultimately, after exactly 4, Serena was not helped by the aces. Arina converted one of the break points and regained the lead (4 - 1).
In the 6th game, after three "exactly" Arina was able to win her serve. The score becomes 5 - 1. In the 7th game, having recorded another double fault in his standings, Serena wins. The score becomes 5 - 2. In the 8th game, Sobolenko takes his serve and wins the set. Score: 6 - 2.
Decisive, third set
The last set turned out to be less nervous for Serena. She was able to stabilize the game on her serve. At the same time, S. Williams realized a break point and won the third set with a minimal advantage. Oddly enough, but in the third set we saw the score: 4 - 6.
Meeting statistics
The match lasted 2 hours 10 minutes.
Serena made more double mistakes: 4 - 8.
Arina made more unforced mistakes: 35 - 26.
In terms of aces, the American has an advantage: 4 - 9.
Break-point realization: Sobolenko - 4 out of 11 = 36%; S. Williams - 4 out of 9 = 44%.
In terms of actively scored points, Serena has an advantage: 24 - 30.
According to the total number of points won, there is a draw result: 94 - 94.
Total number of games played: 28.
Announcement
Thus, Serena was able to beat the 7th racket of the world in 3 sets: 1 - 2 (4 - 6, 6 - 2 and 4 - 6). In the ¼ finals, the American will meet with the second racket of the world Simona Halep. The Romanian beat the 15th racket of the World Igu Sventek in 3 sets: 1 - 2 (6 - 3, 1 - 6 and 4 - 6). It will be very difficult for Cerna to win in the Сер final. But still, there are still chances.
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