Pliskova beats Kontaveit in the 3rd round of the Rogers Cup

Karolina Pliskova survives Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-5 in the 3^rd round in Toronto on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Pliskova will have to play Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Pliskova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, The Czech broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Pliskova missed the chance to break Kontaveit in the 2^nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Pliskova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kontaveit in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Karolina to win the set because Anett found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Pliskova kept her focus to break Anett in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 74 points vs. Kontaveit’s 58 points.

Pliskova served pretty well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 40% points (8/20) on her second serve. The Czech won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, the Estonian was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pliskova and Kontaveit is 3-0 for Karolina.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Anett Kontaveit Rogers Cup – Toronto

Next Match: Karolina Pliskova vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu – H2H and stats

Pliskova will square off with Vanessa Andreescu in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.