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Amazing Stats on Ashleigh Barty, Victoria Azarenka, Iga Swiatek, Simona Halep, and Others Ahead of Australian Open 2022 R4

Published 01/22/2022, 10:52 PM EST

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Australian Open 2022 has reached its fourth round of matches. The tournament has completed around 200 singles matches that have birthed some interesting stats. Top Seed Ashleigh Barty is part of more than one record that has already been set in AO 2022.

Although games are enjoyed by the spectators, these stats help players to look for improvements and study their opponents for a future match. Now let us check out some player standings as revealed by ‘Tennis Geeks’ after the end of round 3 games.

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Simona Halep has a high success rate in her return games, winning 18 out of 25. It is an incredible 72% win percentage for the World number 15. On the other hand, Victoria Azarenka leads the tournament in 2nd serve return, winning 75% of her returns.

Madison Keys is currently leading the chart for Ladies’ singles aces count. Also, Iga Swiatek leads all the 4th round ladies players in 2nd serve wins. She has an impressive 65% winning rate behind her 2nd serve.

Swiatek is also leading in return points won against the opponent’s 1st serve. She has a 53% success rate in it while Simona Halep and Ashleigh Barty join her with similar stats in 1st serve returns.  

Amazing Facts about Ashleigh Barty before and in the Australian Open

Ladies singles top seed Ashleigh Barty has enjoyed a great start to the year 2022. She is unbeaten in 2022 games and her serve is yet to be broken by any of her challengers. She had been working hard on her serves, and intends to make her serve as “a weapon”.

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I think Tyz (Coach Craig Tyzzer) and I put a lot of emphasis on my serve, I always have,” Barty said about her service. Notably, Ashleigh Barty will take on Amanda Anisimova, who defeated the defending champion Naomi Osaka in 3rd round fixture. We will see whether Ashleigh Barty will extend her unbroken serve record in the Sunday match.

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Ash also leads the Australian Open ladies with her amazing 84% win rate in points behind her first serve. Barty, after her second round win, explained her idea behind big 1st serves as she expressed, “I think I’ve just been able to find some good rhythm and a big part of that is protecting my second serve when I need to do as well.

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Ash is a big favorite to win her maiden Australian Open this season, and the addition of a big serve in her Arsenal will definitely help her to get over the finish line.

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Kunal Chawda is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. Holding a bachelors degree in IT engineering and masters in marketing, Kunal is obsessed with tennis, soccer and basketball. He has intensely followed sports since the year 2002 and also competed in his collegiate days.
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