TENNIS SCORES SEOUL. Immense Linette breezes past Flipkens in the quarter in Seoul

KOREA OPEN - SEOUL. Linette motors past Flipkens to come up against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Kirsten Flipkens

Magda Linette thumps Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Seoul on Friday after playing a good match to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Magda in this set didn’t concede much to Kirsten and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Kirsten in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Kirsten was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

The Pole won the set after she broke Kirsten 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Yet, Magda managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-3.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Pole won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Linette scored 67 points vs. Kirsten’s 45 points.

Linette was effective in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, Flipkens wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Next Match: Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Linette will take on Alexandrova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Magda Linette and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Seoul

Upcoming matches

  • Yafan WangWang – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – See H2H details