Karolina Muchova shocks Sakkari in the 1st round to collide vs Podoroska at the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova stuns Sakkari to square off with Nadia Podoroska in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Maria Sakkari

Karolina Muchova surprises Maria Sakkari 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Paris on Sunday. Muchova will play against Nadia Podoroska in the 2nd round. Her best result in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muchova
Paris
Muchova's Record

Karolina added to her prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 97,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add € 45,000 to her earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Maria Sakkari French Open – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Sakkari
Karolina Muchova
7-65 7-5
2h:06
Maria Sakkari
84
84
Total points
75
75
32
32
Winners
21
21
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
29
29
Unforced
35
35
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
17/24
17/24
Net Approaches
5/13
5/13
71%
71%
Perc
38%
38%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
64%
64%
1st in
48%
48%
65%
65%
1st won
53%
53%
32/49
32/49
1st won
21/40
21/40
63%
63%
2nd won
63%
63%
17/27
17/27
2nd won
27/43
27/43
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
3/7
3/7
40%
40%
Won
43%
43%
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After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Sakkari is 3-1 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska – stats

Muchova will compete against Podoroska in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Muchova and Nadia Podoroska play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Podoroska (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Podoroska won 6-73 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Bertioga back in 2016.

Karolina Muchova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muchova 7-6
MuchovaSakkari
7
6
S
0
1
M
1
1
M
2
1
S
3
1
S
3
2
M
4
2
M
5
2
S
5
3
S
5
4
M
6
4
M
6
5
S
7
5
MuchovaSakkari
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
MuchovaSakkari
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MuchovaSakkari
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
MuchovaSakkari
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MuchovaSakkari
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MuchovaSakkari
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MuchovaSakkari
1
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
0
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MuchovaSakkari
0
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MuchovaSakkari
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Muchova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Muchova refused to bow to come back to break the Greek in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Muchova won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Greek won a minibreak in the 11th (5-6) point.

Karolina won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

Muchova converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Sakkari converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They played 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Muchova won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the Greek (42-43). The Czech conceded 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

2nd Set -
Muchova 7-5
MuchovaSakkari
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
MuchovaSakkari
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MuchovaSakkari
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MuchovaSakkari
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MuchovaSakkari
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MuchovaSakkari
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MuchovaSakkari
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MuchovaSakkari
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MuchovaSakkari
0
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MuchovaSakkari
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Muchova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Muchova succeeded in coming back to break Sakkari in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Karolina converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Maria converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 74 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Sakkari (41-33). Karolina surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). On the other side, Maria conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

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

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