DUBAI RESULTS. Martic downs Strycova in the 2nd round

Petra Martic ousts Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Martic will fight against Anett Kontaveit or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Petra won the set after she broke Barbora in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break turned to be decisive for Petra to conquer the set because she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

2^nd set.

Strycova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Martic in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Martic was not done to come back to break Barbora in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 82 points vs. the Czech’s 66 points.

Martic won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points because she converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Strycova had some problems converting her break points (only 9% – 1/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Martic and Strycova is 4-1 for Petra.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Barbora Strycova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Anett Kontaveit or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Martic will play either Anett Kontaveit or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3^rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Anett Kontaveit and 0-1 vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

There is no head to head record between Petra Martic and Anett Kontaveit since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-6 6-2 7-6(7)) – 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