Karolina Muchova ousts Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter to play vs Sabalenka at the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova gets the better of Pavlyuchenkova to face Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Karolina Muchova victorious over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Muchova will try to keep the momentum against Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Muchova
Paris
Muchova's Record

Muchova added to her prize money € 230,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 630,000 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Muchova will add € 520,000 to her earnings to get in total € 1,150,000.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwkBDGOYcfw

Muchova’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Pavlyuchenkova
Karolina Muchova
7-5 6-2
1h:38
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
73
73
Total points
53
53
23
23
Winners
25
25
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
15
15
Unforced
29
29
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
14/16
14/16
Net Approaches
7/14
7/14
88%
88%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
57%
57%
1st in
71%
71%
70%
70%
1st won
52%
52%
23/33
23/33
1st won
25/48
25/48
64%
64%
2nd won
45%
45%
16/25
16/25
2nd won
9/20
9/20
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
2/4
2/4
45%
45%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Karolina scored 73 points vs. Anastasia’s 53.

Muchova

The Czech won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Pavlyuchenkova

On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Muchova and Pavlyuchenkova is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Muchova will fight against Sabalenka in the semifinal.

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

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 7-5 7-64 in the semifinal in Zhuhai back in 2019.

Karolina Muchova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Muchova conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set as Pavlyuchenkova succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Karolina maintained her cool to break Anastasia in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

Karolina converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-3 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 76 points. Muchova won 8 points more than the Russian (42-34). Karolina dropped 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).

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

Muchova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 1st game (1-0). Karolina reinforced her lead after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Muchova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 50 points. The Czech won 12 points more than Pavlyuchenkova (31-19). The Czech surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

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

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