Kiki Bertens beats Karolina Muchova 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Doha

on Monday. Bertens will fight against Saisai Zheng or Vera Zvonareva in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Bertens was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Muchova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Dutch managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Czech in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

One of the most important stint of the contest was when the Dutch won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Dutch conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bertens scored 66 points vs. Karolina’s 56 points.

The Dutch didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4). On the other side, Karolina wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Bertens and Muchova is 1-0 for Kiki.

Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Karolina Muchova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Next Match H2H: Kiki Bertens vs. Saisai Zheng or Vera Zvonareva – stats

Bertens will square off with either Saisai Zheng or Vera Zvonareva in the 3rd round. The head to head is 2-0 vs. Saisai Zheng and 0-1 vs. Vera Zvonareva.

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