BEIJING. Barty aces Kvitova in the quarter

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Barty overcomes Kvitova to compete against Kiki Bertens in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Petra Kvitova

Ashleigh Barty dispatches Petra Kvitova 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Barty will seek to keep on going in this event against Kiki Bertens in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Petra conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

3rd set.

Kvitova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Barty was not done to come back to break Petra in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Barty scored 97 points vs. Petra’s 94 points.

Barty was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6). On the other side, the Czech was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 29% of her break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Barty and Kvitova is 2-4 for Petra.

Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Petra Kvitova China Open – Beijing

Next Match: Ashleigh Barty vs. Kiki Bertens – stats

Barty will face Bertens in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Ashleigh Barty and Kiki Bertens clash 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 played, 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