BEIJING. Karolina Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova dispatches Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk in the 1st round

Karolina Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova defeats Lyudmyla Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Beijing on Sunday. Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova will have to play Samantha Stosur/Shuai Zhang in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Karolina was not done to come back to break Lyudmyla in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Lyudmyla had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-4 to 6-4).

2^nd set.

Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova had a racing start in this set after breaking Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova to win the set as Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova maintained her focus to break Lyudmyla in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova scored 55 points vs. Lyudmyla’s 44 points.

Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova 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, Lyudmyla was not so effective in converting her break points because she converted only 29% of her break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova and Kichenok/Desirae Krawczyk is 1-0 for Karolina.

Next Match: Karolina Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova vs. Samantha Stosur/Shuai Zhang – stats

Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova will face Stosur/Shuai Zhang in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova/Kristyna Pliskova and Samantha Stosur/Shuai Zhang since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

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