Magda Linette topples Frech in the 2nd round to play vs Kostyuk at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTALENERGIES OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Linette defeats Frech to play Marta Kostyuk in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Magda Linette gets the better of Magdalena Frech 7-5 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Doha on Tuesday in what was an all-Pole encounter. Linette will try to keep the momentum against Marta Kostyuk in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Linette
Doha
Linette's Record

Magda added to her prize money $ 18,100 after winning this match. She has already won $ 41,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, Magda will add $ 41,870 to her earnings to get in total $ 83,470 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Linette
Frech
Magda Linette
7-5 5-7 6-4
2h:53
Magdalena Frech
113
113
Total points
110
110
48
48
Winners
44
44
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
69%
69%
1st in
62%
62%
67%
67%
1st won
60%
60%
48/72
48/72
1st won
44/73
44/73
39%
39%
2nd won
49%
49%
13/33
13/33
2nd won
22/45
22/45
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
Total
5/14
5/14
43%
43%
Won
36%
36%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Linette scored 113 points vs. Magdalena’s 110.

Linette

Linette won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Frech

On the other side, Frech was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Linette and Frech is 2-1 for Magda.

Draw and next match H2H: Magda Linette vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats

Linette will face Kostyuk in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Magda Linette and Marta Kostyuk face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kostyuk won 6-2 7-65 in the 1st round in San Diego back in 2023.

Magda Linette Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Linette 7-5
LinetteFrech
7
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
LinetteFrech
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
4
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
LinetteFrech
3
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
40
A
LinetteFrech
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
2
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
LinetteFrech
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
LinetteFrech
1
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
LinetteFrech
0
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
LinetteFrech
0
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
LinetteFrech
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Linette was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Magdalena Frech in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Linette found the way to come back to break Frech 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Linette failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Magdalena was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.

They played 102 points. Magda conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Frech (54-48). Magda surrendered 20 points on serve (27-20). on the other side of the court, Frech conceded 27 points on serve (28-27).

2nd Set -
Frech 7-5
FrechLinette
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
FrechLinette
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
FrechLinette
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FrechLinette
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
FrechLinette
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
FrechLinette
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
FrechLinette
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
FrechLinette
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FrechLinette
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
FrechLinette
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
FrechLinette
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
FrechLinette
0
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Linette had a favorable start in this set after breaking Magdalena Frech in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Magdalena found the way to come back to break Linette in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Frech missed the opportunity to break Linette in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Magda was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.

They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Magdalena won just 3 more points than Linette (38-35). Frech conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Magda conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

3rd Set -
Linette 6-4
LinetteFrech
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
LinetteFrech
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
LinetteFrech
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
LinetteFrech
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
LinetteFrech
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
LinetteFrech
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
LinetteFrech
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
LinetteFrech
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

Linette won the set after she broke Magdalena 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Frech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Linette kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

Magda converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Frech converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 50 points. This set was so close that, Linette won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Magda surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). On the losing side, Frech conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

1st
Linette
Frech
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Linette
Frech
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Linette
Frech
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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