Karolina Muchova hustles Townsend in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Wang. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova beats Townsend to play Xinyu Wang in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Taylor Townsend

Karolina Muchova tops Taylor Townsend 7-6(0) 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Muchova will seek to keep on going in this event against Xinyu Wang in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muchova
New York
Muchova's Record

The Czech added to her prize money $ 93,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add $ 171,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Taylor Townsend U.S. Open – New York

Muchova’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Townsend
Karolina Muchova
7-60 6-3
1h:55
Taylor Townsend
82
82
Total points
62
62
35
35
Winners
28
28
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
14
14
Unforced
39
39
26%
26%
Ratio Unforced
74%
74%
18/30
18/30
Net Approaches
25/43
25/43
60%
60%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
63%
63%
1st in
62%
62%
76%
76%
1st won
64%
64%
35/46
35/46
1st won
28/44
28/44
63%
63%
2nd won
48%
48%
17/27
17/27
2nd won
13/27
13/27
180
180
Fastest serve
178
178
159
159
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
132
132
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
1/6
1/6
40%
40%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Karolina scored 82 points vs. Townsend’s 62.

Muchova

Karolina served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (17/27) on her second serve. The Czech won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Townsend

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Townsend is 1-0 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Xinyu Wang – stats

Muchova will compete against Wang in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Xinyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Karolina Muchova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Muchova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Muchova broke back in the 5th (2-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-0.

Tiebreak

Muchova won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

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

The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40). On the other side, the American converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A).

They played 89 points. Muchova conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the American (49-40). Karolina dropped 16 points on serve (31-16). on the other side of the court, Taylor conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

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

Muchova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Taylor Townsend in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Karolina to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Czech converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 55 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Taylor (33-22). The Czech lost 5 points on serve (21-5). In addition, on the other side, Taylor conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

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

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