TENNIS SCORES. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bests Kerber in the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - OSAKA. Pavlyuchenkova gets the better of Kerber to take on Naomi Osaka in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Angelique Kerber

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova victorious over Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Osaka on Saturday. Pavlyuchenkova will face Naomi Osaka in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Kerber started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 1st game (1-0). However, Pavlyuchenkova found the way to come back to break Kerber 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

The German was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2nd set.

Anastasia won the set after she broke Angelique 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Angelique tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, Anastasia maintained the focus before winning the set 6-3.

Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

The Russian missed the chance to break Kerber in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 65 points vs. Kerber’s 49 points.

Pavlyuchenkova was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12). On the other side, the German was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 30% of her break points (3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Kerber is 7-7.

Next Match: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will compete against Osaka in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Naomi Osaka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 6-4 3-6 7-65 in the R in Perth back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

Upcoming matches

  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – See H2H details