Petra Kvitova downs Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-4 in the 4th round in Paris on Monday. Kvitova will face off with Laura Siegemund in the quarter.
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Kvitova had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Petra reinforced her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Petra converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 64 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Shuai (37-27). Kvitova dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, Shuai conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Kvitova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Petra to win the set as Shuai found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Kvitova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Petra converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Shuai was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 62 points. Kvitova conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Chinese (33-29). The Czech dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Zhang conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
The Czech will add to her prize money € 94,500 after winning this match. She has won already € 283,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add € 141,750 to her earnings to get in total € 425,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this encounter, the head to head between Kvitova and Zhang is 4-2 for Petra.
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Kvitova will compete against Siegemund in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Petra Kvitova and Laura Siegemund square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kvitova won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in New York back in 2015.
Tennis Scores at the
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- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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