BEIJING. Kiki Bertens downs Hercog in the 3rd round

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Bertens hustles Hercog to face Elina Svitolina in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Polona Hercog

Kiki Bertens beats Polona Hercog 7-66 2-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Wednesday. Bertens is going to play against Elina Svitolina in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Bertens won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game. The Dutch broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Bertens failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 15.

2nd set.

Polona in this set was in much better shape than Kiki and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking the Dutch in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Bertens lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

3rd set.

Kiki won the set after she broke Hercog in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was sufficient for Kiki to conquer the set because she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kiki scored 90 points vs. Hercog’s 88 points.

Bertens was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, the Slovenian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (5/10). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Hercog is 1-1.

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Bertens will square off with Svitolina in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Kiki Bertens and Elina Svitolina face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but Bertens has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 7-5 6-75 6-4 in the semifinal in Singapore back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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