Kristina Mladenovic surprises Kiki Bertens 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Mladenovic will fight against Belinda Bencic in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kristina conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Bertens was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Mladenovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Bertens to win the set since Mladenovic managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Bertens kept her focus to break the French Player in the 8th (6-2) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Kiki won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
3rd set.
Mladenovic had a strong start of this set after breaking Bertens in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, there was more to do for the French Player to win the set since Kiki succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game. The French Player maintained her focus to break Bertens in the 7th (6-1) game.
Mladenovic failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.
A crucial moment of the match was when the French Player won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Statistics
The French Player won this encounter even if she conquered less points than the Dutch (84 vs. 85).
The French Player didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11). On the other side, Kiki had some problems in converting her break points because she converted only 31% of her break points (4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Mladenovic and Bertens is 1-1.
Highlights Kristina Mladenovic vs. Kiki Bertens Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Next Match: Kristina Mladenovic vs. Belinda Bencic – stats
Mladenovic will compete against Bencic in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Kristina Mladenovic and Belinda Bencic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Mladenovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mladenovic won 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2019.
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Belinda BencicBencic – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-68 6-1) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-4) – 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
