Irina-Camelia Begu hustles Muchova in the 2nd round to clash vs Rogers at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Begu wins against Muchova to come up against Shelby Rogers in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova

Irina-Camelia Begu hustles Karolina Muchova 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Thursday. Begu will face off with Shelby Rogers in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2015 and 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.

Begu
Madrid
Begu's Record

Begu added to her prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. She has already won € 48,835 after this win. If she wins the next match, Irina-Camelia will add € 36,065 to her earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Begu
Muchova
Irina-Camelia Begu
6-4 7-5
1h:53
Karolina Muchova
79
79
Total points
69
69
37
37
Winners
30
30
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
72%
72%
1st in
65%
65%
70%
70%
1st won
63%
63%
37/53
37/53
1st won
30/48
30/48
48%
48%
2nd won
46%
46%
10/21
10/21
2nd won
12/26
12/26
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
2/7
2/7
40%
40%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 79 points vs. the Czech’s 69.

Begu

Begu won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Muchova

On the other side, Karolina was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Begu and Muchova is 2-0 for Irina-Camelia.

Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Shelby Rogers – stats

Begu will compete against Rogers in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Shelby Rogers clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rogers (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Begu won 3-6 7-65 6-1 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.

Irina-Camelia Begu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Begu 6-4
BeguMuchova
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BeguMuchova
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
BeguMuchova
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BeguMuchova
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BeguMuchova
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BeguMuchova
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BeguMuchova
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BeguMuchova
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BeguMuchova
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BeguMuchova
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BeguMuchova
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

The Romanian won the set after she broke the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Karolina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Nonetheless, the Romanian kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.

The Romanian missed the opportunity to break the Czech in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Certainly, a key moment was when Begu won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

Irina-Camelia converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Muchova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Romanian won just 3 points more than the Czech (43-40). The Romanian surrendered 15 points on serve (24-15). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

2nd Set -
Begu 7-5
BeguMuchova
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
BeguMuchova
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguMuchova
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BeguMuchova
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
BeguMuchova
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguMuchova
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
BeguMuchova
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
BeguMuchova
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BeguMuchova
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
BeguMuchova
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BeguMuchova
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Begu won the set after she broke Muchova in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Karolina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, Begu refused to give way to conquer the set 7-5.

Begu was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Muchova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. Begu was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Muchova (36-29). The Romanian surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). In addition, on the other side, Muchova conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

1st
Begu
Muchova
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Begu
Muchova
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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