Karolina Muchova ousts Olivia Gadecki 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Ningbo on Wednesday. Muchova will fight against Jaqueline Cristian in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Olivia Gadecki Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Karolina scored 75 points vs. Gadecki’s 60.
Muchova
Karolina served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (12/22) on her second serve. Karolina won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Gadecki
On the other side, the Australian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Muchova and Gadecki is 1-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats
Muchova will square off with Cristian in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Muchova and Jaqueline Cristian square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Muchova won 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing back in September 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Muchova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Olivia Gadecki in the 1st game (1-0). The Czech managed to boost her lead after breaking Olivia in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
Muchova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Czech was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Karolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Muchova won 11 points more than the Australian (32-21). Karolina was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Olivia conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Karolina broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Muchova was unable to break Olivia in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Olivia had to surrender the 12th game (7-5) when she was 40-0 up.
Karolina converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-3 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 82 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Gadecki (43-39). The Czech conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). On the other side, the Australian conceded 27 points on serve (28-27).
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