Karolina Pliskova trashes Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday after playing a solid match to square off with Elena Rybakina in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Pliskova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Mladenovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Pliskova managed to boost her lead after breaking the French Player in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
2nd set.
Pliskova had a strong start of this set after breaking Mladenovic in the 1st game (1-0). Pliskova reinforced her lead after breaking Kristina in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 62 points vs. Kristina’s 39 points.
The Czech served pretty well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (14/26) on her second serve. Pliskova was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, Mladenovic wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Mladenovic is 4-2 for Karolina.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Kristina Mladenovic Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Next Match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Pliskova will play Rybakina in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (3-2) – See H2H details
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – See H2H details
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details