BEIJING. Kiki Bertens prevails over Svitolina in the quarter

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Bertens downs Svitolina to compete against Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Elina Svitolina

Kiki Bertens dispatches Elina Svitolina 7-66 6-2 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Bertens is going to play against Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Bertens won the set after she broke Svitolina in the 4th (3-1) game. Elina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Dutch stayed solid before winning the set at the following breaker at 6.

2nd set.

Bertens in this set was in much better shape than Elina and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Ukrainian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Bertens 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, Kiki scored 78 points vs. Elina’s 64 points.

The Dutch served very well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (15/28) on her second serve. Kiki won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Svitolina was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Svitolina is 2-2.

Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Elina Svitolina China Open – Beijing

Next Match: Kiki Bertens vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

Bertens will face Barty in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Kiki Bertens and Ashleigh Barty fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Barty won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2019.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

  • Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
  • Kiki BertensBertens – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
  • Jelena Ostapenko/Dayana YastremskaOstapenko/Dayana Yastremska – Nicole Melichar/Kveta PeschkeMelichar/Kveta Peschke (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
  • Karolina Pliskova/Kristyna PliskovaPliskova/Kristyna Pliskova – Gabriela Dabrowski/Yifan XuDabrowski/Yifan Xu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Ashleigh BartyBarty – Kiki BertensBertens (4-0) – See H2H details