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Featured Third-Round Match-Ups 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM Tournament Information: www.ausopen.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Chris Whitmore ([email protected]) DAY 5 – FEATURED THIRD-ROUND MATCH-UPS [32] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #36) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) First meeting Halep recovered from 5-2 down in the final set to beat Tomljanovic in second round… Kudermetova bidding to reach last 16 at a major for the first time… Halep is one of five Grand Slam champions left in the bottom half of the draw… Kudermetova entered tournament on a career-high ranking [27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #30) vs. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3) First meeting Osaka has dropped just eight games across the opening rounds… Jabeur advanced to maiden Grand Slam QF during historic run at 2020 Australian Open… Osaka is on a 16-match unbeaten streak… Jabeur owns four Top 10 wins [7] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #7) vs. ANN LI (USA #69) First meeting Sabalenka bidding to reach fourth round at a Grand Slam for only the second time… Li is playing her third major… Sabalenka has won 22 of her past 25 matches on Tour… Li and Sabalenka are two of the eight players in the bottom half aged 23 or under ANASTASIA POTAPOVA (RUS #101) vs. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #11) Williams leads 1-0 Williams beat Potapova for the loss of three games in last year’s opening round at Melbourne Park… Potapova is playing in the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time… Meanwhile, Williams owns a 62-10 record in matches at this stage of a major… Potapova is one of two teenagers in bottom half Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM [14] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) vs. ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #83) Muguruza leads 1-0 Muguruza won in three tight sets when they met last January in Shenzhen… Diyas’s most recent Top 20 win came in the third round of Wimbledon in 2015… Muguruza owns 14-2 record in Grand Slam third-round matches… Diyas recovered from 3-1 down in the final set to beat Pera in the last round [15] IGA SWIATEK (POL #17) vs. FIONA FERRO (FRA #46) First meeting Swiatek is attempting to win her 10th consecutive match at a major… Ferro is bidding to reach fourth round for second successive Slam… Swiatek is the youngest player remaining in the bottom half of the draw… Ferro owns three Top 20 wins [19] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #20) vs. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #68) First meeting Vondrousova had never previously been beyond the second round at Melbourne Park…Cirstea upset another Czech left-hander, Kvitova, in the previous round… Vondrousova advanced to SF at last week’s Yarra Valley Classic… Cirstea made Grand Slam debut here back in 2008 HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #71) vs. [Q] SARA ERRANI (ITA #134) Errani leads 3-0 Errani dropped a combined total of six games in their three previous encounters… Hsieh beat Andreescu in the last round to notch up her eighth win over a seed at a major… Errani is in the main draw here for the first time since 2017… Hsieh is top seed in the doubles here alongside Strycova Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM Tournament Information: www.ausopen.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Chris Whitmore ([email protected]) [32] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #36) VS. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head-to-head: First meeting KUDERMETOVA HALEP Career Prize Money $1,247,590 Career Prize Money $37,045,910 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 24, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 27, 1991 (29) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 22 Tournament W-L (MD) 2-2 Tournament W-L (MD) 26-10 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 6-7 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 98-38 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 8-2 / 59-42 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-1 / 397-172 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 23-13 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 112-56 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 21-9 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 52-56 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 8-2 / 34-27 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 228-111 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 5-4 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 40-49 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 6-9 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 104-76 Left-Hand W-L (YTD/Career) 0-0 / 8-3 Left-Hand W-L (YTD/Career) 0-0 / 20-10 Coach Sergey Demkhine Coach Darren Cahill KUDERMETOVA: Australian Open Making her third main draw appearance at Australian Open, having previously fallen 1r in 2019 on her Grand Slam debut (as qualifier, l. eventual Kenin) and 2020 (l. Sorribes Tormo) Also fell in qualifying in 2017 Seeded No.32 this fortnight – her second time seeded at a Slam (also 2020 US Open, at No.29) Claimed her first main draw win at Melbourne Park on Monday overcoming Kostyuk 6-2 7-6(5) In 2r on Wednesday, defeated her compatriot Gracheva 5-7 6-2 6-2; is now 3-0 in three-set matches in 2021 (23-13 in her career) Is into the 3r at a Grand Slam for the second time in her career, having reached this stage at 2019 Roland Garros (d. No.13 Wozniacki in 1r, l. Kanepi in 3s) Faces No.2 Halep today in her first meeting with a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam Is 1-1 vs. Top 10 ranked players in 2021, having defeated No.5 Svitolina en route to her maiden WTA final at Abu Dhabi (l. No.10 Sabalenka in F) Owns 3-0 record against Top 5 players, upsetting No.4 Svitolina (2019 Moscow), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 Western & Southern Open) and No.5 Svitolina (2021 Abu Dhabi) Coming off a 2r showing at Grampians Trophy (l. Li) after opening her season by reaching her maiden WTA final, at Abu Dhabi (l. Sabalenka) Also competed in doubles this fortnight (as No.15 seeds w/Blinkova, l. Pera/Van Der Hoek in 1r) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM Career Milestones Began 2020 season with qualifying exit at Brisbane and then SF run at Hobart Scored first win over a Top-3 ranked opponent by upsetting No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2020 Western & Southern Open. Closed out 2020 season with back-to-back QFs at Ostrava (as qualifier, l. Brady) and Linz (l. Mertens) Won 27 main-draw matches during 2019 – had previously won six across entire career – to rise over sixty places in the WTA rankings, making Top 100 debut on February 4 and Top 50 debut on September 9 Singles highlights in 2019 included reaching maiden WTA SF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Riske), 3r at Roland Garros (d. No.13 Wozniacki in 1r – her maiden Grand Slam main draw win and also first over a Top 20 opponent – l. Kanepi) and winning WTA 125K Series title at Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F) Posted first two Top 10 wins of career in final weeks of 2019, over No.10 Bencic at Wuhan and No.4 Svitolina at Moscow Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Kenin) Won career first WTA doubles title at 2019 Wuhan with Duan (d. Mertens/Sabalenka in F); also in 2019 was R-Up at Charleston (w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) Posted maiden career WTA QF runs in 2018, first at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Krunic) and then Gstaad (l. Bouchard) Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart (d. No.25 Suárez Navarro, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) WTA qualifying debut came at 2014 Moscow Made Billie Jean King Cup debut in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur – her first Tour-level match) On ITF Circuit, owns four singles – most recently at 2018 $25K Keito-JPN – and 16 doubles titles Made professional debut at $50K ITF/Kazan-RUS in 2014 HALEP: Australian Open Making 11th consecutive main draw appearance at the Australian Open, where she is a former finalist, reaching the title match in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) Reached SF in 2020 (l. Muguruza) and QF in 2014 (l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova) Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) and 2019 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) Second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, following in the footsteps of 1978 Roland Garros champion Virginia Ruzici Playing 41st Grand Slam main draw at 2021 Australian Open where she is seeded No.2 – her 29th consecutive seeding at a Slam Opened this year’s campaign with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Australian wildcard Cabrera in her 1r night session match on Rod Laver Arena Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM Defeated another Australian in 2r, overcoming No.72 Tomljanovic in 2hrs, 34mins after dropping the first set and down 2-5 in the final set; is now 8-3 in three-set matches at Melbourne Park Including wins over Cabrera and Tomljanovic, owns 5-3 record against Australians at the majors (4-0 at Australian Open), with three defeats all coming at hands of Stosur at Roland Garros, in 2010-11 and 2016 Closing in on her 100th Grand Slam main draw win, with this week’s results improving her overall record to 98-38.
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