TENNIS SCORES. Muchova downs Wang in the semifinal of the Korea Open

KOREA OPEN - SEOUL. Muchova conquers Wang to take on Magda Linette in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Yafan Wang

Karolina Muchova gets by Yafan Wang 7-65 6-4 in the semifinal in Seoul on Saturday. Muchova will seek to keep on going in this event against Magda Linette in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Karolina conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Czech broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 5.

2nd set.

Muchova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Wang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set because the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.

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

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Czech scored 80 points vs. the Chinese’s 68 points.

Karolina served pretty well to win 83% of the points (39/47) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 37% points (7/19) on her second serve. Muchova won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Wang didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Muchova and Wang is 1-0 for Karolina.

Next Match: Karolina Muchova vs. Magda Linette – stats

Muchova will square off with Linette in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Muchova and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Linette (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Linette won 6-74 6-4 7-63 in the quarter in New York back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Seoul

Upcoming matches

  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Magda LinetteLinette (0-1) – See H2H details