Garbine Muguruza gets the better of Kudermetova in the 1st round. Sabalenka next. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Muguruza beats Kudermetova to compete against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Veronika Kudermetova

Garbine Muguruza beats Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Doha on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. Muguruza will fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round.  Muguruzas’ best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muguruza
Doha
Muguruza's Record

Garbine added to her prize money $ 1,550 after winning this match. She has won already $ 8,200 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 7,300 to her earnings to get in total $ 15,500 in total.

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Veronika Kudermetova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Kudermetova
Garbine Muguruza
6-2 7-64
1h:46
Veronika Kudermetova
74
74
Total points
65
65
32
32
Winners
19
19
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
63%
63%
1st in
52%
52%
67%
67%
1st won
58%
58%
32/48
32/48
1st won
19/33
19/33
50%
50%
2nd won
53%
53%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
16/30
16/30
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
2/8
2/8
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 74 points vs. Kudermetova’s 65.

Muguruza

The Spaniard didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).

Kudermetova

On the other side, Veronika had some problems converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Kudermetova is 2-0 for Garbine.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Muguruza will play Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Garbine Muguruza and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2018.

Garbine Muguruza Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Muguruza was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Muguruza reinforced her lead after breaking the Russian in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

They played 54 points. Garbine conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Veronika (33-21). Garbine conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

Garbine won the set after she broke the Russian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. However, the Spaniard stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Garbine won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Veronika won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 7th (4-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c

Muguruza converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Kudermetova converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 84 points. This set was so close that, The Spaniard won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Spaniard lost 21 points on serve (26-21). On the other side, Veronika conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

 

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