MOSCOW RESULTS. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova hustles Kudermetova in the quarter

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW RESULTS. Pavlyuchenkova topples Kudermetova to come up against Karolina Muchova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova wins against Veronika Kudermetova 7-65 7-5 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Pavlyuchenkova will fight against Karolina Muchova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

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

Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

A crucial moment of the match was when Pavlyuchenkova won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.

2nd set.

Kudermetova had a great start in this set after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Anastasia found the way to come back to break Kudermetova 3 times in the 8th (3-5), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Kudermetova was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Pavlyuchenkova scored 90 points vs. Kudermetova’s 87 points.

Anastasia was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12). On the other side, Kudermetova didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Kudermetova is 2-1 for Anastasia.

Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova Kremlin Cup – Moscow

Next Match: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will take on Muchova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
  • Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
  • Belinda BencicBencic – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-68 6-1) – See score progression
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Kirsten Flipkens/Bethanie Mattek-SandsFlipkens/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Veronika Kudermetova/Katarina SrebotnikKudermetova/Katarina Srebotnik (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
  • Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic – Nadiya Kichenok/Raluca OlaruKichenok/Raluca Olaru (6-3 7-68) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Belinda BencicBencic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-3) – See H2H details