TASHKENT. Pliskova prevails over Kawa in the 2nd round

TASHKENT OPEN - TASHKENT. Pliskova overcomes Kawa to fight against Viktoria Kuzmova in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kristyna Pliskova vs. Katarzyna Kawa

Kristyna Pliskova overcomes Katarzyna Kawa 7-5 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tashkent on Wednesday. Pliskova will square off with Viktoria Kuzmova in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Czech clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Kristyna broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Katarzyna was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

2nd set.

Pliskova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kawa in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Kawa managed to stage a great comeback to break Kristyna in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

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

3rd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kristyna conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Statistics

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

Next Match: Kristyna Pliskova vs. Viktoria Kuzmova – stats

Pliskova will come up against Kuzmova in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Kristyna Pliskova and Viktoria Kuzmova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Tashkent

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