TENNIS SCORES SEOUL. Astonishing Linette soars past Begu in the 1st round of the Korea Open

KOREA OPEN - SEOUL. Linette crushes Begu to play Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Magda Linette obliterates Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Seoul on Monday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Pole was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Irina-Camelia 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Irina-Camelia had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2nd set.

Linette had a strong start of this set after breaking Begu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Pole to win the set because the Romanian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Linette maintained her cool to break the Romanian in the 9th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Pole scored 56 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 36 points.

Linette was effective when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6). On the other side, Irina-Camelia was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Linette and Begu is 1-0 for Magda.

Next Match: Magda Linette vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats

Linette will play Potapova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Magda Linette and Anastasia Potapova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Potapova won 1-6 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Madrid back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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