Karolina Pliskova crushes Petra Martic 6-3 6-2 in the final in Zhengzhou on Sunday after playing a fantastic match to win her 15th career title, the 4th of this season.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Martic got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Pliskova succeeded in coming back to break Martic in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Karolina in this set was in much better shape than Martic and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Petra in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Pliskova won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Karolina scored 65 points vs. the Croatian’s 47 points.
Karolina was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8). On the other side, Martic was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Pliskova and Martic is 2-2.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Petra Martic Zhengzhou Open – Zhengzhou
Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
