Ashleigh Barty survives Karolina Pliskova 2-6 6-1 7-5 in the quarter in Stuttgart on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Barty will try to keep the momentum against Elina Svitolina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Karolina Pliskova Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 95 points vs. the Czech’s 80.
Barty
The Australian served very well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. Barty won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 26% (5/19) of the procured opportunities.
Pliskova
On the other side, the Czech was great in converting all her break points (3/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Barty and Pliskova is 5-2 for Ashleigh.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Elina Svitolina – stats
Barty will face Svitolina in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Ashleigh Barty and Elina Svitolina fight against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Barty won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Miami back in April 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Karolina in this set was in much better shape than Barty and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Barty in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Australian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Pliskova dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
Barty had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Svitolina in the 1st game (1-0). Barty managed to boost her lead after breaking Karolina in the 2nd (2-0), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Pliskova was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
They contested 47 points. Ashleigh conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Karolina (31-16). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Karolina conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
The Australian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Barty broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Karolina was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
The Australian converted 9% of her break points (1/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They contested 81 points. The Australian won 7 points more than Pliskova (44-37). The Australian conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 23 points on serve (29-23).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-74 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-5) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Simona HalepHalep (1-3) – H2H details and stats
