
Karolina Pliskova prevails over Katarina Zavatska 5-7 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday. Pliskova will square off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2012. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Katarina Zavatska Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 111 points vs. Katarina’s 106.
Pliskova
Karolina was pretty effective at converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).
Zavatska
On the other side, the Ukrainian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 46% – 6/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Zavatska is 1-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Pliskova will compete against Alexandrova in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Ekaterina Alexandrova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pliskova won 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in Eastbourne back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Zavatska won the set after she broke the Czech in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Katarina maintained the focus to win the set 7-5.
Zavatska was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Czech was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40).
They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Ukrainian won just 3 more points than Karolina (34-31). Zavatska dropped 13 points on serve (22-13). On the losing side, Karolina conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Karolina won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Karolina broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Katarina was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Karolina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Katarina converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 78 points. Pliskova won 6 more points than Zavatska (42-36). Pliskova dropped 18 points on serve (26-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Zavatska conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The Czech won the set after she broke Katarina 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Zavatska tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. However, the Czech kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
They played 76 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Zavatska (43-33). Pliskova dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
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