Karolina Muchova beats Anna Kalinskaya 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Ningbo on Friday. Muchova will clash against Mirra Andreeva in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Anna Kalinskaya Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:31
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 98 points vs. Kalinskaya’s 91.
Muchova
Muchova served extremely well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 42% points (15/36) on her second serve. Karolina blasted 11 aces and she committed 2 double faults. The Czech won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kalinskaya
On the other side, Anna was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Kalinskaya is 3-0 for Karolina.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Mirra Andreeva – stats
Muchova will face Andreeva in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Mirra Andreeva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Anna in this set was too strong for Karolina and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Kalinskaya failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Kalinskaya was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Muchova was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 40-A).
They contested 79 points. The Russian won 11 more points than Karolina (45-34). The Russian conceded 21 points on serve (33-21). on the other side of the net, Muchova conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
The Czech in this set was in much better shape than Anna and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Kalinskaya in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Russian was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Muchova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Karolina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Kalinskaya (29-18). The Czech conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Karolina won the set after she broke Anna in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Karolina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Anna was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 63 points. Muchova was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Russian (35-28). Karolina surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Ningbo
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- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-65 3-2 ret.)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (2-6 6-2 6-3)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 1-6 7-66)
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