Karolina Muchova sweeps aside Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Linz on Thursday after playing a terrific match to square off with Anastasia Potapova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
The Czech added to her prize money € 11,299 after winning this match. She has already won € 24,950 after this win. If she wins the next match, Muchova will add € 26,355 to her earnings to get in total € 51,305 in total.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 62 points vs. the Spaniard’s 45.
Muchova
Muchova was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Sorribes Tormo
On the other side, Sorribes Tormo had some problems converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Muchova and Sorribes Tormo is 1-2 for Sara.
Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats
Muchova will face Potapova in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Karolina Muchova and Anastasia Potapova square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Muchova won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Muchova had a strong start of this set after breaking Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Karolina reinforced her lead after breaking Sorribes Tormo in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Muchova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (1-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 58 points. Karolina was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Sorribes Tormo (35-23). Karolina conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Sorribes Tormo conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Muchova had a strong start of this set after breaking Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Karolina to win the set as Sara found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Czech kept her cool to break the Spaniard in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Czech converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 49 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Sara (27-22). Karolina conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the net, Sorribes Tormo conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-4 6-4)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 6-2)
- Petra MarticMartic – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 4-6 7-5)
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Antonia RuzicRuzic (7-5 6-1)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-2 6-3)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-2)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (7-61 6-4)
- Clara TausonTauson – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
