Gritty Karolina Pliskova survives Vekic in the 2nd round to battle vs Swiatek at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. HIGHLIGHTS – STUTTGART RESULTS

Karolina Pliskova survives Donna Vekic 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(5) in the 2^nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Pliskova will play Iga Swiatek in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Czech won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stuttgart

Pliskova's Record

Karolina added to her prize money € 9,746 after conquering this match. She has already won € 19,832 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add € 17,840 to her earnings to get in total € 37,672 in total.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Donna Vekic Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova

Vekic

6-2 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵
2h:20

108

108

Total points

96

96

52

52

Winners

39

39

48%

48%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

-- Serve --

15

15

Aces

4

4

9

9

Double Faults

7

7

75%

75%

1st in

60%

60%

70%

70%

1st won

62%

62%

52/74

52/74

1st won

39/63

39/63

40%

40%

2nd won

48%

48%

10/25

10/25

2nd won

20/42

20/42

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

3/8

3/8

56%

56%

Won

38%

38%

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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 108 points vs. the Croatian’s 96.

Pliskova

Karolina blasted 15 aces and she committed 9 double faults. Karolina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).

Vekic

On the other side, the Croatian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Vekic is 7-2 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Pliskova will square off with Swiatek in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Iga Swiatek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won w/o in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Pliskova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Karolina to win the set because the Croatian managed to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game. The Czech maintained her focus to break the Croatian in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.

Pliskova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (4-1 0-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Donna was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 6^th (1-5 0-40) and the 9^th game (1-6 0-40).

They contested 43 points. Karolina won 7 points more than Vekic (25-18). Pliskova lost 10 points on serve (12-10). on the other side of the court, Donna conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).

Pliskova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Croatian managed to stage a good comeback to break Karolina in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set (7-6).

The Croatian lost a big opportunity to break Karolina in the 5^th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Donna was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5^th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Karolina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 86 points. Vekic was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Pliskova (45-41). The Croatian dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Pliskova won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Pliskova won 4 minibreaks in the 3^rd (2-1), 4^th (3-1), 8^th (5-3) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Donna won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (2-3) and 10^th (4-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Czech was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Pliskova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 75 points. Karolina conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Donna (41-34). Karolina surrendered 7 points on serve (27-7). In addition, on the other side, the Croatian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

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