Karolina Pliskova breezes past Monica Puig 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in London on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Su-Wei Hsieh in the 3rd round.
Match Report, stats, and key facts
1st set.
This was a one way set after the Czech conceded no games to the Puerto Rican before winning the set 6-0.
Monica lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
2nd set.
Karolina won the set after she broke Monica in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Puerto Rican tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Karolina maintained the focus before winning the set 6-4.
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 59 points vs. Puig’s 38 points.
Karolina was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
On the other side, Puig was great in converting all the break points (1/1).Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Puig is 5-0 for Karolina.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Monica Puig Wimbledon – London
Pliskova’s Interview
After the match, Karolina commented
“I think was much better than the first round for sure today. Little bit trouble in the end, but I think that’s normal. She also has some chance to play good tennis, so she played.
I think was so far the best here. I felt the best here in Wimbledon today. The court was super nice, a little bit faster than the outside courts. So it was good.”
Karolina Pliskova vs. Su-Wei Hsieh – H2H and stats
Pliskova will fight against Hsieh in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Su-Wei Hsieh fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Pliskova and Hsieh (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Hsieh won 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2019.
Karolina Pliskova in London |
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