Karolina Pliskova wins against Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 7-5 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Sunday. Pliskova will face off with Maria Sakkari in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2016 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Karolina added to her prize money $ 41,185 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pliskova will add $ 87,510 to her earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 63 points vs. Kudermetova’s 49.
Pliskova
Karolina served very well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 42% points (10/24) on her second serve. The Czech was effective when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Veronika was great in converting all her break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Kudermetova is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Pliskova will come up against Sakkari in the 4th round.
This will be the 6th time that Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pliskova won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Pliskova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set because the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Karolina maintained her focus to break the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Russian was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Pliskova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Kudermetova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 42 points. Karolina was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Kudermetova (26-16). The Czech surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, Kudermetova conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
The Czech clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Pliskova broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Kudermetova was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Karolina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Veronika was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 70 points. Pliskova won 4 points more than Veronika (37-33). Karolina conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
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