Karolina Pliskova conquers Wang in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Vondrousova in the next round at the Miami Open – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Pliskova overcomes Wang to take on Marketa Vondrousova in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Xinyu Wang

Karolina Pliskova defeats Xinyu Wang 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday. Pliskova will engage against Marketa Vondrousova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pliskova
Miami
Pliskova's Record

Pliskova added to her prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova
Wang
Karolina Pliskova
6-2 6-4
1h:24
Xinyu Wang
71
71
Total points
54
54
28
28
Winners
19
19
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
58%
58%
1st in
58%
58%
74%
74%
1st won
54%
54%
28/38
28/38
1st won
19/35
19/35
44%
44%
2nd won
40%
40%
12/27
12/27
2nd won
10/25
10/25
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
2/9
2/9
45%
45%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 71 points vs. the Chinese’s 54.

Pliskova

Karolina won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Wang

On the other side, Wang had a tough time converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Wang is 1-0 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats

Pliskova will compete against Vondrousova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Karolina Pliskova and Marketa Vondrousova fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Pliskova won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2023.

Karolina Pliskova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Pliskova 6-2
PliskovaWang
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaWang
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PliskovaWang
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaWang
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PliskovaWang
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PliskovaWang
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
PliskovaWang
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PliskovaWang
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PliskovaWang
1
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Pliskova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Xinyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Karolina to win the set since Xin Yu found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Pliskova kept her focus to break Xin Yu in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Pliskova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Wang was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Pliskova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Xin Yu converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had her opportunities in the 0th (0-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 67 points. Pliskova was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Xin Yu (40-27). The Czech conceded 19 points on serve (26-19). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).

2nd Set -
Pliskova 6-4
PliskovaWang
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaWang
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PliskovaWang
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PliskovaWang
3
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
PliskovaWang
2
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
PliskovaWang
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
PliskovaWang
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PliskovaWang
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaWang
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Pliskova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Karolina broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

Karolina wasted a good opportunity to break the Chinese in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Wang was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Czech converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Xin Yu was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 60 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Wang (32-28). Karolina surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). On the losing side, Xin Yu conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

1st
Pliskova
Wang
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Pliskova
Wang
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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