Elina Svitolina downs Muchova in the quarter in London

Elina Svitolina defeats Karolina Muchova 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in London on Tuesday. Svitolina will play Simona Halep in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Svitolina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Muchova in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Ukrainian to win the set since the Czech found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 4^th (3-1) game. The Ukrainian kept her focus to break Muchova in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Czech was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5). Anyhow also Karolina won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1

2^nd set.

Muchova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Svitolina in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Svitolina succeeded in coming back to break the Czech 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

A crucial moment of the match was when Svitolina won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2

At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 71 points vs. Muchova’s 66 points.

The Ukrainian was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11). On the other side, Karolina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Svitolina and Muchova is 2-0 for Elina.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Karolina Muchova Wimbledon – London

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Next Match: Elina Svitolina vs. Simona Halep – H2H and stats

Svitolina will take on Halep in the semifinal.

This will be the 9^th time that Elina Svitolina and Simona Halep clash against each other. The head to head is 4-4 for Svitolina and Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha back in February 2019.