Karolina Muchova surprises Zheng in the semifinal at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova shocks Zheng

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Luke Meyer
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Karolina Muchova surprises Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Beijing on Saturday. Muchova will clash against Cori Gauff in the final. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Muchova
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Muchova's Record

The Czech added to her prize money $ 260,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 585,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 515,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Qinwen Zheng China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Zheng
Karolina Muchova
6-3 6-4
Qinwen Zheng
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After this encounter, the head to head between Muchova and Zheng is 2-1 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Muchova will face Gauff in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Muchova and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in New York back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muchova 6-3
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3
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Czech grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

Muchova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Zheng wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Karolina won just 3 more points than Qinwen (31-28). Karolina lost 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Zheng conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).

2nd Set -
Muchova 6-4
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Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Karolina conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Karolina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. Karolina won 13 more points than Zheng (36-23). Muchova was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

1st
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Zheng
6-3
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3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Muchova
Zheng
6-4
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5
3
4
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4
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3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Beijing

  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Paula BadosaBadosa (4-6 6-4 6-2)

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