Barbora Krejcikova dispatches the 2023 runner-up Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Tuesday. Krejcikova will engage against Qinwen Zheng in the semifinal. The epic lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the Round Robin in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jessica Pegula WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Barbora scored 64 points vs. the American’s 50.
Krejcikova
Barbora served extremely well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 41% points (9/22) on her second serve. Barbora struck 11 aces and she committed 5 double faults. The Czech didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Krejcikova and Pegula is 2-1 for Barbora.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Krejcikova will compete against Zheng in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Qinwen Zheng fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the final in Zhengzhou back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Krejcikova won the set after she broke the American in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Krejcikova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The American had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3
to 6-3.Barbora converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Krejcikova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the American (36-28). The Czech lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Krejcikova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set because Pegula found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Krejcikova kept her cool to break Jessica in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Krejcikova was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Pegula converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Krejcikova was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the American (28-22). Krejcikova conceded 12 points on serve (18-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Pegula conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-0)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-1 6-1)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Cori GauffGauff (4-4) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-0) – H2H details and stats