Karolina Pliskova gets by Polona Hercog 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou on Friday. Pliskova will play against Sofia Kenin in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Pliskova broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.
Hercog was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
The Czech won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Czech broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
Polona was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 72 points vs. Polona’s 65 points.
The Czech was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Polona was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Hercog is 5-1 for Karolina.
Next Match: Karolina Pliskova vs. Sofia Kenin – stats
Pliskova will face Kenin in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Karolina Pliskova and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Pliskova won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome back in May 2019.
Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Alison RiskeRiske (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-4) – See H2H details
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sofia KeninKenin (3-0) – See H2H details
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Saisai ZhengZheng (1-1) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – See H2H details