SHENZHEN RESULTS. Barty wins against Pliskova in the semifinal. Svitolina next for the title

Ashleigh Barty dispatches Karolina Pliskova 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Shenzhen on Saturday. Barty will engage against Elina Svitolina in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Karolina conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Barty in this set was much more effective than Pliskova and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

3^rd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Barty conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 94 points vs. the Czech’s 81 points.

The Australian served very well to win 78% of the points (49/63) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 48% points (15/31) on her second serve. Ashleigh fired 11 aces and she committed 1 double fault. The Australian was pretty good in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5). On the other side, the Czech wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 8%

of her break points (1/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Barty and Pliskova is 3-2

for Ashleigh.

Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Karolina Pliskova WTA Finals – Shenzhen

Barty’s Interview

Next Match: Ashleigh Barty vs. Elina Svitolina – stats

Barty will come up against Svitolina in the final.

This will be the 6^th time that Ashleigh Barty and Elina Svitolina fight against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Svitolina won 7-6⁸ 5-7 6-4 in the 4^th round in Indian Wells back in March 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic – Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang (1-6 6-4 10-8) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Su-Wei Hsieh/Barbora StrycovaHsieh/Barbora Strycova – Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Demi SchuursGroenefeld/Demi Schuurs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-5) – See H2H details