Karolina Muchova rolls over Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in Palermo on Saturday after playing an extraordinary match to play Qinwen Zheng in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Muchova scored 59 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 33.
Muchova
Muchova served very well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (6/11) on her second serve. Karolina was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).
Begu
On the other side, Irina-Camelia wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Begu is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Muchova will face Zheng in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Muchova and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech was far too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Irina-Camelia 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Muchova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
The Romanian was completely wiped out in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-1
to 6-1.Karolina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Begu wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 53 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Irina-Camelia (34-19). The Czech lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
The Czech won the set after she broke Irina-Camelia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Romanian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Czech was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Karolina was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Begu (25-14). Karolina dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). On the losing side, Irina-Camelia conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Diane ParryParry (7-5 6-4)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-1) – H2H details and stats