Iga Swiatek destroys Veronika Kudermetova 6-0 6-1 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Jessica Pegula in the final. The match lasted just 56 minutes. Iga won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Veronika Kudermetova Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Iga scored 50 points vs. Kudermetova’s 17.
Swiatek
The Pole served pretty well to win 83% of the points (19/23) behind her first serve, and she won 90% points (9/10) on her second serve. Iga was effective when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Veronika wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Kudermetova is 3-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Swiatek will square off with Pegula in the final.
This will be the 7th time that Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Australia back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided as Swiatek conceded no games to Veronika before winning the set 6-0.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.
The Pole converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 21 points more than Veronika (28-7). The Pole was absolutely perfect on serve to drop barely 1 point during her serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
Swiatek won the set after she broke Kudermetova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Veronika was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Swiatek was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 32 points. Iga won 12 more points than Veronika (22-10). Swiatek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Veronika conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-2) – H2H details and stats
