DOHA RESULTS. Kvitova prevails over Barty in the semifinal of the Qatar Total Open

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA RESULTS. Kvitova aces Barty to fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Ashleigh Barty

Petra Kvitova defeats Ashleigh Barty 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Kvitova will engage against Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Kvitova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set as the Australian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Petra maintained her focus to break Ashleigh in the 3rd (2-1) game before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Barty in this set played at a much higher level than Kvitova and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Petra in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

3rd set.

Kvitova won the set after she broke Ashleigh in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Barty tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the Czech refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kvitova scored 86 points vs. Barty’s 82 points.

Petra was absolutely great in converting all the break points (4/4). On the other side, Ashleigh was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kvitova and Barty is 5-4 for Petra.

Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Ashleigh Barty Qatar Total Open – Doha

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Next Match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Kvitova will face Sabalenka in the final.

This will be the 4th time that Petra Kvitova and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Sydney back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Doha

  • Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ashleigh BartyBarty (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Gabriela Dabrowski/Jelena OstapenkoDabrowski/Jelena Ostapenko – Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic (6-4 1-6 10-7) – See score progression
  • Su-Wei Hsieh/Barbora StrycovaHsieh/Barbora Strycova – Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (6-4 4-6 12-10) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – See H2H details