Garbine Muguruza hustles Cirstea in the 2nd round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTALENERGIES OPEN - DOHA RESULTS. Muguruza gets by Cirstea to take on Victoria Azarenka or Madison Brengle in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Sorana Cirstea

Garbine Muguruza conquers Sorana Cirstea 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Doha on Monday. Muguruza is going to play against Victoria Azarenka or Madison Brengle in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muguruza
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Muguruza's Record

Muguruza added to her prize money $ 11,435 after winning this match. She has won already $ 26,515 after this win. If she wins the next match, Muguruza will add $ 26,485 to her earnings to get in total $ 53,000 in total.

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Sorana Cirstea Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Cirstea
Garbine Muguruza
7-64 6-1
1h:27
Sorana Cirstea
67
67
Total points
53
53
30
30
Winners
18
18
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
73%
73%
1st in
69%
69%
70%
70%
1st won
43%
43%
30/43
30/43
1st won
18/42
18/42
63%
63%
2nd won
84%
84%
10/16
10/16
2nd won
16/19
16/19
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/2
2/2
44%
44%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Muguruza scored 67 points vs. Sorana’s 53.

Muguruza

Garbine won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Cirstea

On the other side, the Romanian was great in converting all her break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Cirstea is 5-0 for Garbine.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Victoria Azarenka or Madison Brengle – stats

Muguruza will come up against either Victoria Azarenka or Madison Brengle in the 3rd round. The head to head is 3-2 vs. Victoria Azarenka and 0-0 vs. Madison Brengle.Garbine Muguruza Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Azarenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the Spaniard refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Romanian in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Spaniard converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Cirstea was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40).

They played 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Muguruza won just 2 more points than the Romanian (41-39). Garbine lost 9 points on serve (27-9). on the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 14 points on serve (30-14).

Azarenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Garbine managed to stage a good comeback to break the Romanian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Cirstea was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Spaniard converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Romanian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).

They played 40 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Cirstea (26-14). Muguruza lost 10 points on serve (13-10). on the other side of the court, Cirstea conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).

 

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