Magdalena Frech rolls past Venus Williams 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Washington on Thursday after playing an impressive match to clash against Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Frech added to her prize money $ 18,445 after winning this match. She has already won $ 37,530 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 33,675 to her earnings to get in total $ 71,205 in total.
Highlights Magdalena Frech vs. Venus Williams Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, Magdalena scored 58 points vs. the American’s 30.
Frech
Magdalena served extremely well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (6/15) on her second serve. Frech was stunning in converting all the break points (5/5).
Williams
On the other side, the American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Frech and Williams is 1-0 for Magdalena.
Draw and next match H2H: Magdalena Frech vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Frech will face Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Magdalena Frech and Elena Rybakina face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Rybakina won 7-65 3-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Pole in this set was much more effective than Venus and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Venus was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Magdalena was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, Frech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Magdalena was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Williams (33-17). Frech dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Venus conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Frech had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Venus Williams in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more work to do for the Pole to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Magdalena maintained her cool to break the American in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Magdalena was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Williams converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 38 points. The Pole won 12 points more than the American (25-13). Magdalena lost 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, Venus conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-0)
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-4 6-2)
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-2)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 1-6 7-5)
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-0)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria MbokoMboko (6-3 7-5)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-61)
- Clara TausonTauson – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 7-5 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-0) – H2H details and stats
