Marie Bouzkova dispatches Linda Noskova 7-6(4) 6-3 in the semifinal in Prague on Saturday in what was an all-Czech contest. Bouzkova will play against Anastasia Potapova in the final. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Marie Bouzkova vs. Linda Noskova Livesport Prague Open – Prague
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marie scored 77 points vs. Linda’s 66.
Bouzkova
Marie won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Noskova
On the other side, Linda was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Bouzkova and Noskova is 1-0 for Marie.
Draw and next match H2H: Marie Bouzkova vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Bouzkova will compete against Potapova in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Marie Bouzkova and Anastasia Potapova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bouzkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bouzkova won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Marie won the set after she broke Linda in the 5th (3-2) game. Linda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Bouzkova managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Marie missed the chance to break Noskova in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Marie won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Noskova won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Marie converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Linda converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marie won just 3 points more than Noskova (45-42). Marie conceded 14 points on serve (28-14). In addition, on the other side, Linda conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).
Marie won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Bouzkova broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Linda was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Marie converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Noskova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Bouzkova won 8 more points than Linda (32-24). Bouzkova surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). On the other side, Noskova conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores in Prague
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Linda NoskovaNoskova (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
