Karolina Muchova conquers Sharma in the quarter to play vs Begu at the Palermo Ladies Open. HIGHLIGHTS – PALERMO RESULTS

PALERMO LADIES OPEN - PALERMO DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova hustles Sharma to compete against Irina-Camelia Begu in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Astra Sharma

Karolina Muchova aces Astra Sharma 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in the quarter in Palermo on Friday. Muchova will face Irina-Camelia Begu in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes.

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Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Astra Sharma Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Sharma
Karolina Muchova
7-65 7-66
2h:11
Astra Sharma
87
87
Total points
84
84
33
33
Winners
31
31
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
62%
62%
58%
58%
1st won
63%
63%
33/57
33/57
1st won
31/49
31/49
66%
66%
2nd won
57%
57%
23/35
23/35
2nd won
17/30
17/30
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
4/10
4/10
80%
80%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Karolina scored 87 points vs. Astra’s 84.

Muchova

Muchova was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).

Sharma

On the other side, Sharma wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Sharma is 1-0 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats

Muchova will face Begu in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2023.

Karolina Muchova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muchova 7-6
MuchovaSharma
7
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MuchovaSharma
7
6
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
4
6
4
6
5
MuchovaSharma
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MuchovaSharma
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MuchovaSharma
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MuchovaSharma
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MuchovaSharma
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MuchovaSharma
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSharma
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSharma
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MuchovaSharma
1
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSharma
0
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MuchovaSharma
0
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MuchovaSharma
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Muchova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Astra Sharma in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Muchova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Australian in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set (7-6).

A crucial moment of this set was when Karolina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.

Karolina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 15-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sharma converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-1 30-40).

They played 85 points. Karolina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Australian (46-39). Muchova surrendered 18 points on serve (27-18). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

2nd Set -
Muchova 7-6
MuchovaSharma
7
6
M
0
1
S
1
1
S
2
1
M
2
2
M
2
3
S
3
3
S
4
3
M
4
4
M
5
4
S
6
4
S
6
5
M
6
6
M
7
6
S
8
6
MuchovaSharma
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MuchovaSharma
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MuchovaSharma
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MuchovaSharma
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MuchovaSharma
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSharma
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MuchovaSharma
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MuchovaSharma
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MuchovaSharma
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MuchovaSharma
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MuchovaSharma
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Muchova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Astra Sharma in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Muchova managed to stage a great comeback to break Sharma in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Muchova won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Sharma won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (3-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Muchova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Australian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 9th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Muchova won this set even if she scored less points 4 than the Australian (41-45). The Czech surrendered 26 points on serve (28-26). Regarding the other side of the net, Astra conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

1st
Muchova
Sharma
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Muchova
Sharma
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Palermo

  • Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ann LiLi (6-3 6-4)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Astra SharmaSharma (7-65 7-66)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 6-1)
  • Diane ParryParry – Chloe PaquetPaquet (7-5 1-6 6-4)

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