Anett Kontaveit clobbers Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday after playing a marvellous match to play Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal. The match lasted just 48 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Estonian added to her prize money $ 16,900 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 32,400 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Anett will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Garbine Muguruza Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Anett scored 54 points vs. Garbine’s 22.
Kontaveit
Kontaveit served extremely well to win 89% of the points (17/19) behind her first serve, and she won 75% points (12/16) on her second serve. Kontaveit was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Muguruza
On the other side, Muguruza wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Muguruza is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats
Kontaveit will fight against Vondrousova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Anett Kontaveit and Marketa Vondrousova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vondrousova won 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in London back in June 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Kontaveit had a strong start of this set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anett managed to boost her lead after breaking Muguruza in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Estonian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Anett didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Anett was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Muguruza (26-10). The Estonian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Muguruza conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Kontaveit had a strong start of this set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Kontaveit managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
A defining moment of this set was when Kontaveit won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Anett converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 40 points. Anett conquered the set after winning 16 points more than the Spaniard (28-12). Kontaveit was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). On the losing side, Garbine conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Simona HalepHalep (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-0) – H2H details and stats