Viktoria Kuzmova outlasts Greetje Minnen 5-7 6-3 7-67 in the 2nd round in Tashkent on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Kuzmova will engage against Kristyna Pliskova in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Minnen had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Kuzmova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Greetje to win the set because the Slovakian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. Minnen kept her cool to break Viktoria in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Kuzmova had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).
However also Viktoria won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1
2nd set.
Minnen had a strong start of this set after breaking Kuzmova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Viktoria refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Greetje in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Belgian was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).
3rd set.
Kuzmova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Minnen in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Slovakian to win the set because the Belgian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Kuzmova kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Kuzmova scored 120 points vs. Minnen’s 119 points.
Viktoria won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 38% of her break points (5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kuzmova and Minnen is 1-0 for Viktoria.
Next Match: Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Kristyna Pliskova – stats
Kuzmova will take on Pliskova in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Viktoria Kuzmova and Kristyna Pliskova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Tashkent
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Tatjana MariaMaria (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Katarzyna KawaKawa (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (5-7 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Pauline ParmentierParmentier – Timea BabosBabos (1-1) – See H2H details
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-0) – See H2H details
- Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (1-0) – See H2H details
