Petra Kvitova powers past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to challenge Anett Kontaveit in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Petra won this tournament once in 2018.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats
Kvitova will play Kontaveit in the quarter. This will be the 7th time that Petra Kvitova and Anett Kontaveit clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard. The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-3 7-62 in the final in Stuttgart back in 2019.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Qatar Total Open – Doha
The Czech added to her prize money $ 7,300 after winning this match. She has won already $ 15,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 16,900 to her earnings to get in total $ 32,400 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, Kvitova scored 64 points vs. Pavlyuchenkova’s 43.
Kvitova
Kvitova was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Pavlyuchenkova
On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kvitova and Pavlyuchenkova is 9-4 for Petra.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech was too strong to drop only 1 game before breaking Pavlyuchenkova 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Pavlyuchenkova lost the 4th game (3-1) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. Pavlyuchenkova was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They played 54 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Anastasia (34-20). Petra conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Petra conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Czech broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th game to win the set 6-3.
The Russian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Kvitova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 53 points. Kvitova was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Pavlyuchenkova (31-22). Kvitova lost 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the court, Anastasia conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-2 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Angelique KerberKerber (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Misaki DoiDoi (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Petra KvitovaKvitova (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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