Barbora Krejcikova bests Harriet Dart 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Birmingham on Thursday. Krejcikova will square off with Anastasia Potapova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Harriet Dart Rothesay Classic – Birmingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Krejcikova scored 68 points vs. Harriet’s 51.
Krejcikova
Krejcikova served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (10/18) on her second serve. Krejcikova won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Dart
On the other side, Dart was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Krejcikova and Dart is 1-0 for Barbora.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Krejcikova will come up against Potapova in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasia Potapova face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Krejcikova and Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Potapova won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Hamburg back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Krejcikova conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
The Czech converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd
(1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Harriet was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).They played 70 points. Krejcikova conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Dart (41-29). Krejcikova dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Krejcikova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Harriet Dart in the 2nd
game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set as Dart succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.The Czech converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Brit converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Barbora won 5 points more than Dart (27-22). The Czech surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-65 6-3)
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-0 ret.)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Harriet DartDart (6-3 6-4)
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-0)
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-2)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 7-5)
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-76 6-1 6-4)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H details and stats