Garbine Muguruza makes light work of Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-0 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a good match to clash against Ashleigh Barty in the final. The match lasted just 53 minutes.
Muguruza was glad about the outcome of the contest. She commented:
“I’m very happy for sure. I think I played well today,” Muguruza said on-court after the match.
“My serve was working in the right moments and I felt like, since the beginning of the match, I could take control of the points.”
Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Marketa Vondrousova Yarra Valley Classic – Melbourne
Muguruza’s Interview
Live score progression and stats
Muguruza started the set in the best possible way after breaking Vondrousova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Spaniard extended her lead after breaking Marketa in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Marketa was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Garbine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (18-4). On the losing side, Vondrousova conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Marketa didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Muguruza won the set 6-0.
Garbine converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Muguruza didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 33 points. Muguruza won 15 points more than Vondrousova (24-9). Garbine surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). On the other side, Vondrousova conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
The Spaniard added to her prize money $ 14,910 after winning this match. She has won already $ 33,520 after this win. If she wins the next match, Muguruza will add $ 16,480 to her earnings to get in total $ 50,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
0h:53
At the end of the match, Muguruza scored 55 points vs. Vondrousova’s 24.
Muguruza
The Spaniard served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (21/24) behind her first serve, and she won 62% points (8/13) on her second serve. Muguruza won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Vondrousova
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Garbine was just to good and Marketa had no opportunity to win this match.
After this contest, the head to head between Muguruza and Vondrousova is 1-0 for Garbine.
Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Muguruza will come up against Barty in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Garbine Muguruza and Ashleigh Barty square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Barty won 6-1 6-74 6-2 in the quarter in Doha back in 2020.
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Serena WilliamsWilliams (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-1) – H2H details and stats
