Alison Van Uytvanck victorious over Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Tashkent on Friday. Van Uytvanck will face off with Sorana Cirstea in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Belgian won the set after she broke the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was sufficient for the Belgian to win the set because she didn’t drop her serve during the rest of the set.
2nd set.
Van Uytvanck had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Van Uytvanck to win the set since Pliskova succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. The Belgian maintained her cool to break the Czech in the 12th (7-5) game.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 75 points vs. Pliskova’s 66 points.
Alison served pretty well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (14/28) on her second serve. The Belgian was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Pliskova was far from perfect 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 defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Van Uytvanck and Pliskova is 1-0 for Alison.
Next Match: Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Van Uytvanck will come up against Cirstea in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Alison Van Uytvanck and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cirstea won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Linz back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Tashkent
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-2) – See H2H details
