Kvitova bests Mladenovic in the 2nd round of Wimbledon

Petra Kvitova is victorious over Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-2 in the 2^nd round in London on Thursday.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Mladenovic started the set strong after breaking Kvitova in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Petra succeeded in coming back to break Kristina in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking her opponent in the last game.

2^nd set.

Mladenovic conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kvitova in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the Czech manage to stage a good comeback to break Kristina 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1) and game in the 8^th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

After this contest, the head to head between Kvitova and Mladenovic is 8-1 for Petra.

Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Kristina Mladenovic Wimbledon – London

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Kvitova’s Interview

After the match, Petra left her comment about playing a tough encounter:

“I can’t say it’s better, I can’t say it’s worst. I mean, I’m feeling everything on my body. It’s not really surprising. We’ll see how that will look like tomorrow. I really had a tough match today, with fast serves flying to me, so we’ll see how it’s going to be tomorrow.”

Petra Kvitova vs. Magda Linette – H2H and stats

Kvitova will compete against Linette in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Petra Kvitova and Magda Linette play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kvitova won 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in Montreal back in 2016.