Petra Kvitova hustles Cirstea at the semifinal to set up a battle vs Rybakina next player. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Kvitova downs Cirstea to play Elena Rybakina in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Sorana Cirstea

Petra Kvitova conquers Sorana Cirstea 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami on Friday. Kvitova will square off with Elena Rybakina in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 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 previous results at this event.

Kvitova
Miami
Kvitova's Record

Petra added to her prize money $ 309,725 after winning this match. She has already won $ 662,360 after this win. If she wins the next match, Petra will add $ 599,860 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,262,220 in total.

Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Sorana Cirstea Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kvitova
Cirstea
Petra Kvitova
7-5 6-4
1h:41
Sorana Cirstea
78
78
Total points
65
65
33
33
Winners
36
36
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
68%
68%
1st in
73%
73%
67%
67%
1st won
69%
69%
33/49
33/49
1st won
36/52
36/52
65%
65%
2nd won
26%
26%
15/23
15/23
2nd won
5/19
5/19
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
1/5
1/5
43%
43%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Kvitova scored 78 points vs. Sorana’s 65.

Kvitova

Petra won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Cirstea

On the other side, Cirstea was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Kvitova and Cirstea is 7-4 for Petra.

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Kvitova vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Kvitova will come up against Rybakina in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Petra Kvitova and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kvitova and Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.

Petra Kvitova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kvitova 7-5
KvitovaCirstea
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KvitovaCirstea
7
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KvitovaCirstea
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
KvitovaCirstea
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
KvitovaCirstea
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KvitovaCirstea
3
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KvitovaCirstea
2
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
KvitovaCirstea
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KvitovaCirstea
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KvitovaCirstea
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KvitovaCirstea
1
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
KvitovaCirstea
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KvitovaCirstea
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Kvitova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Petra broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

Cirstea was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.

Petra converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 9th (3-5 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Cirstea converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 91 points. Petra conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Sorana (50-41). The Czech lost 17 points on serve (27-17). On the losing side, Sorana conceded 23 points on serve (24-23).

2nd Set -
Kvitova 6-4
KvitovaCirstea
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KvitovaCirstea
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KvitovaCirstea
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KvitovaCirstea
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KvitovaCirstea
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
KvitovaCirstea
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
KvitovaCirstea
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KvitovaCirstea
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
KvitovaCirstea
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Kvitova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0). The Romanian reinforced her lead after breaking Petra before winning the set (6-4).

Petra was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Petra didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 52 points. Kvitova conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Cirstea (28-24). The Czech dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).

1st
Kvitova
Cirstea
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Kvitova
Cirstea
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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