Magda Linette gets the better of the 2021 runner-up Kristina Mladenovic 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Seoul on Thursday. Linette will square off with Emma Raducanu in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes.
Highlights Magda Linette vs. Kristina Mladenovic Hana Bank Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 106 points vs. the French player’s 97.
Linette
The Pole didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).
Mladenovic
On the other side, the French player was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Linette and Mladenovic is 2-1 for Magda.
Draw and next match H2H: Magda Linette vs. Emma Raducanu – stats
Linette will come up against Raducanu in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Magda Linette and Emma Raducanu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Linette had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Kristina Mladenovic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Kristina to win the set since Linette found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Mladenovic kept her cool to break Linette in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Kristina was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Pole was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 0-40).
They contested 59 points. Mladenovic conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Linette (32-27). Mladenovic conceded 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, Magda conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The Pole conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Magda broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Magda won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kristina won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 95 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Linette won only 1 point more than Kristina (48-47). Magda conceded 18 points on serve (30-18). In addition, on the other side, Kristina conceded 18 points on serve (29-18).
Linette played at a much higher level than Kristina and without struggling too much she won 6-2. Mladenovic broke Magda 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Linette broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
Kristina was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the French player converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 50 points. Magda was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Mladenovic (31-19). Linette lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Magda LinetteLinette – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (4-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lulu SunSun – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Ankita RainaRaina (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Na-Lae HanHan (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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