Karolina Muchova aces Astra Sharma 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in the quarter in Palermo on Friday. Muchova will face Irina-Camelia Begu in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Astra Sharma Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:11
At the end of the match, Karolina scored 87 points vs. Astra’s 84.
Muchova
Muchova was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Sharma
On the other side, Sharma wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Sharma is 1-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats
Muchova will face Begu in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Karolina Muchova and Irina-Camelia Begu square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Muchova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Astra Sharma in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Muchova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Australian in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set (7-6).
A crucial moment of this set was when Karolina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.
Karolina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 15-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sharma converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-1 30-40).
They played 85 points. Karolina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Australian (46-39). Muchova surrendered 18 points on serve (27-18). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Muchova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Astra Sharma in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Muchova managed to stage a great comeback to break Sharma in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Muchova won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Sharma won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Muchova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Australian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 9th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Muchova won this set even if she scored less points 4 than the Australian (41-45). The Czech surrendered 26 points on serve (28-26). Regarding the other side of the net, Astra conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ann LiLi (6-3 6-4)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Astra SharmaSharma (7-65 7-66)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 6-1)
- Diane ParryParry – Chloe PaquetPaquet (7-5 1-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Diane ParryParry (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
