TENNIS SCORES SEOUL. Superlative Pliskova crushes Choi in the 1st round of the Korea Open

Kristyna Pliskova exterminates Ji-Hee Choi 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Seoul on Monday after playing a solid match to face off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Pliskova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Choi in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Pliskova managed to boost her lead after breaking the Korean in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 61 points vs. Choi’s 38 points.

Pliskova served extremely well to win 96% of the points (25/26) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (11/18) on her second serve. Pliskova won this match even if she was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Korean wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Choi is 1-0 for Kristyna.

Next Match: Kristyna Pliskova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Pliskova will fight against Alexandrova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kristyna Pliskova and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Seoul

• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Ji-Hee ChoiChoi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Tatjana MariaMaria (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kristie AhnAhn – Timea BacsinszkyBacsinszky (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Danielle LaoLao (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – See H2H details
• Timea BabosBabos – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-2) – See H2H details
• Priscilla HonHon – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Denisa AllertovaAllertova – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (1-1) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Na-Lae HanHan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Polona HercogHercog – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Yafan WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – See H2H details