Petra Kvitova prevails over Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Miami on Thursday. Kvitova is going to play against Sorana Cirstea in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the quarter in 2014, 2019 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Czech added to her prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. She has already won $ 352,635 so far in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Kvitova will add $ 309,725 to her earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
At the end of the match, Petra scored 96 points vs. Ekaterina’s 91.
Kvitova
Petra served extremely well to win 75% of the points (44/59) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (17/32) on her second serve. Petra won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, Alexandrova was battling in converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kvitova and Alexandrova is 2-0 for Petra.
Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Kvitova will fight against Cirstea in the semifinal.
This will be the 11th time that Petra Kvitova and Sorana Cirstea play each other. The head to head is 6-4 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but Cirstea has a winning record of 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kvitova won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
Petra converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Petra didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Petra won just 3 points more than the Russian (40-37). Kvitova surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Alexandrova conceded 20 points on serve (30-20).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Russian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 points more than Kvitova (32-29). Alexandrova dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Czech grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Kvitova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexandrova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Petra won 5 more points than Ekaterina (27-22). Petra surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Ekaterina conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-4) – H2H details and stats
