Karolina Muchova grounds Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-0 in the 4th round in Beijing on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to square off with Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Muchova added to her prize money $ 84,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Muchova will add $ 140,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Cristina Bucsa China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 64 points vs. the Spaniard’s 37.
Muchova
Muchova served pretty well to win 94% of the points (17/18) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (11/18) on her second serve. Karolina won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Bucsa
On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Muchova and Bucsa is 1-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Muchova will come up against Sabalenka in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Karolina Muchova and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Muchova won 6-74 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Cincinnati back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Muchova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Cristina Bucsa in the 1st game (1-0). Karolina managed to boost her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Muchova converted 18% of her break points (2/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Bucsa (44-32). Karolina lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 28 points on serve (27-28).
Bucsa didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Muchova won the set 6-0.
The Czech was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, Karolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 25 points. Muchova conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Bucsa (20-5). Karolina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (2-8).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-3)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-2 6-0)
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (3-6 6-4 ret.)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-0)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 6-0)
Upcoming matches
- Magda LinetteLinette – (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
