Stout Karolina Pliskova outlasts Muguruza in the round robin of the WTA Finals. HIGHLIGHTS – GUADALAJARA RESULTS

WTA FINALS - GUADALAJARA DRAW AND RESULTS. Pliskova survives Muguruza to compete against Barbora Krejcikova in the round robin

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Garbine Muguruza

In a battle of former world no.1 Karolina Pliskova survives Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) in the Round Robin in Guadalajara on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Pliskova will fight against Barbora Krejcikova in the Round Robin. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pliskova
Guadalajara
Pliskova's Record

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Garbine Muguruza WTA Finals – Guadalajara

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova
Muguruza
Karolina Pliskova
4-6 6-2 7-66
2h:26
Garbine Muguruza
110
110
Total points
101
101
49
49
Winners
43
43
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
8
8
9
9
Double Faults
3
3
68%
68%
1st in
59%
59%
72%
72%
1st won
65%
65%
49/68
49/68
1st won
43/66
43/66
41%
41%
2nd won
44%
44%
13/32
13/32
2nd won
20/45
20/45
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
3/10
3/10
33%
33%
Won
30%
30%
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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 110 points vs. the Spaniard’s 101.

Pliskova

The Czech won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Muguruza

On the other side, Muguruza was not so effective in converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Pliskova and Muguruza is 9-2 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats

Pliskova will compete against Krejcikova in the Round Robin.

This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 7-66 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2018.

Karolina Pliskova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Pliskova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Spaniard refused to bow to come back to break Pliskova in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Muguruza won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.

They played 57 points. Muguruza was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Pliskova (32-25). Muguruza lost 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Karolina conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Pliskova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Garbine Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Pliskova reinforced her lead after breaking Muguruza in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Muguruza lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

They contested 49 points. The Czech won 11 more points than Muguruza (30-19). The Czech was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Krejcikova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Karolina found the way to come back to break the Spaniard in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Karolina won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Garbine won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

They played 104 points. The Czech won 4 points more than Muguruza (54-50). The Czech lost 23 points on serve (29-23). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 25 points on serve (27-25).

 

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