Kristyna Pliskova beats Viktoria Kuzmova 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Tashkent on Thursday. Pliskova is going to play against Alison Van Uytvanck in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Pliskova conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kuzmova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Kristyna to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
2nd set.
Pliskova won the set after she broke Kuzmova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Viktoria tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, Kristyna didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.
A crucial moment of the match was when Pliskova won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Kristyna scored 71 points vs. the Slovakian’s 59 points.
Pliskova served pretty well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (16/31) on her second serve. Kristyna struck 15 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Kristyna won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Viktoria had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Kuzmova is 1-0 for Kristyna.
Next Match: Kristyna Pliskova vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats
Pliskova will compete against Van Uytvanck in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Kristyna Pliskova and Alison Van Uytvanck since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Tashkent
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Danka KovinicKovinic (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – See H2H details
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – See H2H details
