Karolina Muchova beats Cirstea in the quarter to clash vs Tauson at the Dubai Duty Free Championships – DUBAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Muchova wins against Cirstea to play Clara Tauson in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Karolina Muchova defeats Sorana Cirstea 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Muchova will have to play Clara Tauson in the semifinal. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muchova
Dubai
Muchova's Record

The Czech added to her prize money $ 97,930 after winning this match. She has already won $ 181,400 as of now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 170,401 to her earnings to get in total $ 351,801.

Highlights Karolina Muchova vs. Sorana Cirstea Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muchova
Cirstea
Karolina Muchova
6-2 7-5
1h:32
Sorana Cirstea
69
69
Total points
48
48
21
21
Winners
17
17
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
57%
57%
1st in
63%
63%
70%
70%
1st won
43%
43%
21/30
21/30
1st won
17/40
17/40
52%
52%
2nd won
46%
46%
12/23
12/23
2nd won
11/24
11/24
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
3/3
3/3
55%
55%
Won
100%
100%
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After this match, the head to head between Muchova and Cirstea is 5-1 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Muchova vs. Clara Tauson – stats

Muchova will face Tauson in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Clara Tauson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muchova 6-2
MuchovaCirstea
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MuchovaCirstea
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MuchovaCirstea
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MuchovaCirstea
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MuchovaCirstea
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Muchova was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Karolina to win the set as the Romanian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Muchova kept her cool to break Sorana in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Muchova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Sorana was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Muchova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Romanian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).

They contested 50 points. Karolina was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Romanian (32-18). The Czech conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the court, Cirstea conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

2nd Set -
Muchova 7-5
MuchovaCirstea
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
MuchovaCirstea
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
MuchovaCirstea
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MuchovaCirstea
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MuchovaCirstea
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MuchovaCirstea
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MuchovaCirstea
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MuchovaCirstea
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MuchovaCirstea
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

The Czech won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Karolina broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

The Czech converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Romanian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They contested 67 points. Karolina won 7 more points than the Romanian (37-30). The Czech surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). On the losing side, Cirstea conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).

1st
Muchova
Cirstea
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Muchova
Cirstea
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Clara TausonTauson – Linda NoskovaNoskova (7-64 6-4)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 7-5)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 7-62)

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