Linda Fruhvirtova gets by Nadia Podoroska 5-7 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Chennai on Saturday. Fruhvirtova will play against Magda Linette in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes.
Highlights Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Nadia Podoroska Chennai Open – Chennai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:54
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 108 points vs. Podoroska’s 98.
Fruhvirtova
Fruhvirtova won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Podoroska
On the other side, Nadia was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fruhvirtova and Podoroska is 1-0 for Linda.
Draw and next match H2H: Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Magda Linette – stats
Fruhvirtova will play Linette in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Linda Fruhvirtova and Magda Linette fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Linette (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Linette won 7-62 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cleveland back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Argentine won the set after she broke Fruhvirtova 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Nadia kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.
Nadia failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when Podoroska won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Podoroska was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Linda was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A), the 8th (2-5 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 99 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Nadia won barely 1 point more than Fruhvirtova (50-49). The Argentine lost 22 points on serve (21-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Fruhvirtova conceded 29 points on serve (27-29).
Fruhvirtova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Nadia Podoroska in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Linda succeeded in coming back to break the Argentine 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
A defining moment of this set was when Fruhvirtova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
They played 44 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Podoroska (29-15). The Czech surrendered 7 points on serve (13-7). On the losing side, Nadia conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
Fruhvirtova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Czech broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Nadia was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Tennis Scores in Chennai
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Katie SwanSwan (3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
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- Magda LinetteLinette – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
