Unstoppable Karolina Muchova sweeps aside Bucsa in the 4th round to battle vs Sabalenka. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS

Karolina Muchova grounds Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-0 in the 4^th 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 1^st 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

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 4^th 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 1^st game (1-0). Karolina managed to boost her lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 5^th (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 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th 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 2^nd (2-0 15-40) and the 5^th 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

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• 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