
Petra Kvitova survives Jessica Pegula 6-2 3-6 7-6(11) in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Kvitova will face Maria Sakkari in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Czech added to her prize money $ 87,510 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 184,465 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 168,170 to her earnings to get in total $ 352,635 in total.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Jessica Pegula BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Czech won this encounter even if she won the same amount of points of Jessica (95 vs. 95).
Kvitova
Petra didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula didn’t lose the concentration in converting 83% of the break points that she procured points (5/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kvitova and Pegula is 4-1 for Petra.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Kvitova will square off with Sakkari in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Petra Kvitova and Maria Sakkari face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set didn’t concede much to Jessica and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Pegula in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the Czech won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
Kvitova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Petra didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The Czech won 9 points more than Jessica (29-20). The Czech was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Pegula won the set after she broke Kvitova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Petra tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Pegula maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Kvitova was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Petra was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 47 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Czech (30-17). Pegula lost 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, Kvitova conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Kvitova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Czech to win the set since Jessica succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Petra kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 11.
Petra failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Petra won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6), 17th (9-8), 22nd (11-11) and 24th (13-11) point. On the other side, Jessica won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 20th (10-10) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 11-11, 12-11, 13-11
The Czech converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A). Kvitova saved 3 set points when she was 5-6, 7-8 and 10-11 down. In addition on the other side, Pegula converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 94 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the American (49-45). Kvitova surrendered 21 points on serve (21-21). On the other side, Jessica conceded 28 points on serve (24-28).
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