Karolina Muchova hustles Zhu at the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Cirstea next – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova beats Zhu to square off with Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Lin Zhu

Karolina Muchova conquers Lin Zhu 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday. Muchova will seek to keep on going in this event against Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2019 and 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Muchova
Miami
Muchova's Record

Karolina added to her prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Zhu
Karolina Muchova
6-4 6-2
1h:26
Lin Zhu
62
62
Total points
49
49
29
29
Winners
22
22
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
72%
72%
1st in
74%
74%
71%
71%
1st won
55%
55%
29/41
29/41
1st won
22/40
22/40
56%
56%
2nd won
57%
57%
9/16
9/16
2nd won
8/14
8/14
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/3
1/3
67%
67%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Muchova scored 62 points vs. the Chinese’s 49.

Muchova

Muchova was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).

Zhu

On the other side, Lin had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Muchova and Zhu is 1-0 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Muchova will square off with Cirstea in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Muchova and Sorana Cirstea play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Muchova won 6-4 7-64 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2023.

Karolina Muchova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muchova 6-4
MuchovaZhu
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MuchovaZhu
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
MuchovaZhu
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaZhu
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MuchovaZhu
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MuchovaZhu
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MuchovaZhu
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaZhu
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MuchovaZhu
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaZhu
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MuchovaZhu
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Karolina won the set after she broke Lin in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Zhu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Karolina stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

Muchova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

The Czech was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Lin converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Muchova won 8 points more than Lin (36-28). Karolina lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

2nd Set -
Muchova 6-2
MuchovaZhu
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MuchovaZhu
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MuchovaZhu
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MuchovaZhu
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaZhu
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MuchovaZhu
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MuchovaZhu
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

The Czech in this set was in much better shape than the Chinese and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Zhu in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Lin was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Muchova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).

They contested 47 points. Karolina won 5 more points than Lin (26-21). Karolina surrendered 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Zhu conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

1st
Muchova
Zhu
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Muchova
Zhu
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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