TENNIS SCORES. Pliskova aces Hercog in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou

Karolina Pliskova gets by Polona Hercog 6-3 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Zhengzhou on Friday. Pliskova will play against Sofia Kenin in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game. Pliskova broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Hercog was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

The Czech won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, The Czech broke back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Polona was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 72 points vs. Polona’s 65 points.

The Czech was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Polona was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Hercog is 5-1 for Karolina.

Next Match: Karolina Pliskova vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Pliskova will face Kenin in the quarter.

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

The last time that they squared off, Pliskova won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Rome back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Alison RiskeRiske (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-4) – See H2H details
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sofia KeninKenin (3-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Saisai ZhengZheng (1-1) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – See H2H details