Barbora Krejcikova topples the 2023 runner-up Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Tuesday. Krejcikova will engage against Cori Gauff in the Round Robin. The epic lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jessica Pegula WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Barbora scored 64 points vs. Jessica’s 50.
Krejcikova
The Czech served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 41% points (9/22) on her second serve. Barbora struck 11 aces and she committed 5 double faults. Barbora was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Krejcikova and Pegula is 2-1 for Barbora.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Krejcikova will compete against Gauff in the Round Robin.
This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Krejcikova won 7-66 6-3 in the quarter in Paris back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Barbora won the set after she broke Pegula in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Krejcikova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Krejcikova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Barbora didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Pegula (36-28). The Czech surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the court, Jessica conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Krejcikova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set since Pegula found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Krejcikova kept her focus to break the American in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Krejcikova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Pegula converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 50 points. Barbora won 6 more points than Pegula (28-22). The Czech dropped 12 points on serve (18-12). On the other side, Jessica conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-4)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-64 3-6 6-1)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
