MELBOURNE RESULTS. Pliskova aces Siegemund in the 2nd round

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Pliskova defeats Siegemund to compete against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Laura Siegemund

Karolina Pliskova topples Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Pliskova will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Pliskova won the set after she broke the German 5 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 6th (3-3), in the 7th (4-3), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That was enough for Karolina to win the set because she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

The German was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Pliskova conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Czech scored 69 points vs. Siegemund’s 55 points.

Karolina was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8). On the other side, Laura was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Siegemund is 1-1.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Laura Siegemund Australian Open – Melbourne

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Next Match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Pliskova will square off with Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 7th time that Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova play each other. The head to head is 6-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne back in 2018.

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