Karolina Pliskova conquers the title. HIGHLIGHTS – CLUJ NAPOCA RESULTS

Karolina Pliskova defeats Ana Bogdan 6-4 6-3 in the final in Cluj-Napoka on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.

Cluj

Pliskova's Record

The Czech added $ 15,420 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 36,250 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Ana Bogdan Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova

Bogdan

6-4 6-3
1h:25

64

64

Total points

49

49

29

29

Winners

22

22

45%

45%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

6

6

4

4

Double Faults

0

0

73%

73%

1st in

63%

63%

78%

78%

1st won

56%

56%

29/37

29/37

1st won

22/39

22/39

50%

50%

2nd won

52%

52%

7/14

7/14

2nd won

12/23

12/23

-- Break Points --

4/11

4/11

Total

1/4

1/4

36%

36%

Won

25%

25%

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At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 64 points vs. the Romanian’s 49.

Pliskova

Pliskova served extremely well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (7/14) on her second serve. Pliskova won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Bogdan

On the other side, Ana was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Bogdan is 4-0 for Karolina.

This was the 17^th career title for the Czech. (see list of titles and finals). This was Bogdan’s 1^st final. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Pliskova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Ana Bogdan in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Czech succeeded in coming back to break the Romanian in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Ana was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Karolina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Bogdan converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Pliskova won just 2 more points than Ana (35-33). Karolina surrendered 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

Pliskova won the set after she broke Ana in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Pliskova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Pliskova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 45 points. Pliskova was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Romanian (29-16). Pliskova conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Bogdan conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).