Petra Kvitova ousts Madison Keys 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Kvitova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Caroline Garcia in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2012 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Petra added to her prize money $ 117,800 after winning this match. She has won already $ 242,800 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 169,200 to her earnings to get in total $ 412,000 in total.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Madison Keys Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Kvitova’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
At the end of the match, Petra scored 105 points vs. Keys’s 100.
Kvitova
Kvitova served very well to win 81% of the points (44/54) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 45% points (19/42) on her second serve. Kvitova won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, Madison was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kvitova and Keys is 5-4 for Petra.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Garcia – stats
Kvitova will compete against Garcia in the final.
This will be the 9th time that Petra Kvitova and Caroline Garcia clash against each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kvitova won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke Petra in the 3rd (2-1) game. Petra tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Madison didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Madison won 6 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Petra won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
They played 87 points. Keys conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Petra (48-39). The American dropped 10 points on serve (27-10). In addition, on the other side, Kvitova conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).
The Czech won the set after she broke Madison in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Madison tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, the Czech refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
The Czech converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Keys was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 64 points. The Czech won 4 more points than the American (34-30). Petra lost 10 points on serve (17-10). On the losing side, Keys conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Kvitova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 1st game (1-0). Kvitova improved her lead after breaking Keys in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Kvitova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Madison was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 56 points. Kvitova was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the American (31-25). The Czech dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Madison conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Madison KeysKeys (6-76 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe MantillaMantilla – Evan KingKing (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Gianni RossRoss (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (5-3) – H2H details and stats
