MOSCOW RESULTS. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova victorious over Muchova in the semifinal

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW RESULTS. Pavlyuchenkova wins against Muchova to come up against Belinda Bencic in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Karolina Muchova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeats Karolina Muchova 6-4 6-76 6-1 in the semifinal in Moscow on Saturday. Pavlyuchenkova will engage against Belinda Bencic in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Pavlyuchenkova started the set strong after breaking Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Pavlyuchenkova to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

2nd set.

Pavlyuchenkova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Karolina managed to stage a good comeback to break Pavlyuchenkova 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

3rd set.

Pavlyuchenkova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Pavlyuchenkova extended her lead after breaking Karolina in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Anastasia was unable to break Muchova in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 114 points vs. the Czech’s 95 points.

Anastasia won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (6/18). On the other side, Karolina was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 23% of her break points (3/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Muchova is 1-0 for Anastasia.

Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Karolina Muchova Kremlin Cup – Moscow

Next Match: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will square off with Bencic in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Belinda Bencic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Bencic won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in London back in July 2019.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

  • Belinda BencicBencic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
  • Kirsten Flipkens/Bethanie Mattek-SandsFlipkens/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-3) – See H2H details