Karolina Muchova bests Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Muchova will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Muchova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Muchova to win the set since Ekaterina succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The Czech kept her focus to break Alexandrova in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Karolina scored 69 points vs. the Russian’s 55 points.
Karolina was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Alexandrova had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 22% of her break points (2/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Karolina.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Next Match: Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Muchova will play Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-4) – 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
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-65 7-5) – 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