Garbine Muguruza victorious over Mladenovic in the 1st round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open. HIGHLIGHTS – ABU DHABI RESULTS

ABU DHABI TENNIS OPEN - ABU DHABI DRAW AND RESULTS. Muguruza beats Mladenovic to take on Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Kristina Mladenovic

Garbine Muguruza victorious over Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Muguruza will clash against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd round.

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Mladenovic didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Muguruza managed to stage a great comeback to break Mladenovic 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The French player was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.

Muguruza converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Mladenovic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).

They played 51 points. Garbine was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Mladenovic (30-21). Muguruza dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the net, Mladenovic conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

Muguruza won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Muguruza broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th () game to conquer the set 6-4.

Mladenovic lost the 10th game (6-4) when she was 40-0 up.

Muguruza converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Kristina converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Garbine won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Spaniard surrendered 18 points on serve (25-18). In addition, on the other side, Mladenovic conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Mladenovic
Garbine Muguruza
6-2 6-4
1h:41
Kristina Mladenovic
70
70
Total points
61
61
30
30
Winners
17
17
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
11
11
66%
66%
1st in
46%
46%
65%
65%
1st won
61%
61%
30/46
30/46
1st won
17/28
17/28
46%
46%
2nd won
45%
45%
11/24
11/24
2nd won
15/33
15/33
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
2/10
2/10
45%
45%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Garbine scored 70 points vs. Mladenovic’s 61.

The Spaniard won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Mladenovic was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Muguruza and Mladenovic is 2-2.

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Kristina Mladenovic Abu Dhabi Tennis Open – Abu Dhabi

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich – stats

Muguruza will fight against Sasnovich in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Garbine Muguruza and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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