Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, Andorran, number 202 of the WTA, fulfilled the forecasts by winning by 6-3 and 6-1 to the russian tennis player Anastasia Zakharova, number 221 of the WTA, in the qualifying round of the Australian Open. After this result, the winner will be in the next round of the Australian Open.
Zakharova managed to break her opponent’s serve on one occasion, while the Andorran player managed it 5 times. In addition, the Andorran woman had a 62% effectiveness in the first service, committed 2 double faults and managed to win 67% of the service points, while her opponent obtained a 60% effectiveness, made 2 double faults and managed to win the 49% of service points.
In the tournament Melbourne (Australian Open Indiv. Fem.) there is previously a qualification phase where the tennis players with the lowest rankings face each other to get into the official tournament against the rest of the rivals. To do this, they must collect as many points as possible. Specifically, a total of 128 tennis players participate in this stage of the competition. In addition, it takes place between January 9 and 30 on an open-air hard court.