Petra Kvitova ousts Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Kvitova is going to play against Garbine Muguruza in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. Petra won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Kvitova added to her prize money $ 18,600 after winning this match. She has won already $ 51,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kvitova will add $ 17,570 to her earnings to get in total $ 68,570 in total.
Kvitova was happy about the match. She commented:
“Today was so windy, and I’m not sure if it was a matter of tennis, but it was really about putting a lot of balls into the court. But then Jessica played really great, and I really have to play great, as well.”
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Jessica Pegula Qatar Total Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, Petra scored 67 points vs. Pegula’s 55.
Kvitova
The Czech didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kvitova and Pegula is 2-0 for Petra.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Garbine Muguruza – stats
Kvitova will face Muguruza in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Petra Kvitova and Garbine Muguruza face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in Doha back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Kvitova won the set after she broke Jessica 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Pegula tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Kvitova stayed solid to win the set 6-4.
Kvitova lost 13 points on serve (17-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Muguruza commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kvitova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the Czech was not done to come back to break Jessica 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Jessica lost the 5th game (2-3) when she was 40-0 up. Jessica was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Petra converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 58 points. Kvitova won 6 more points than Pegula (32-26). Petra surrendered 10 points on serve (13-10). In addition, on the other side, Pegula conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Petra KvitovaKvitova (1-4) – H2H details and stats
