TENNIS SCORES CINCINNATI. Amazing Pliskova demolishes Wang in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Pliskova crushes Wang to compete against Rebecca Peterson in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Yafan Wang

Karolina Pliskova vanquishes Yafan Wang 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Rebecca Peterson in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Pliskova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Wang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Karolina improved her lead after breaking Wang in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Pliskova won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2nd set.

Pliskova started the set strong after breaking Wang in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set since the Chinese found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Karolina maintained her cool to break the Chinese in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Czech scored 69 points vs. the Chinese’s 43 points.

Pliskova served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (24/28) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (9/18) on her second serve. The Czech was pretty effective in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Yafan was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Wang is 1-0 for Karolina.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Yafan Wang Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Next Match: Karolina Pliskova vs. Rebecca Peterson – H2H and stats

Pliskova will square off with Peterson in the 3rd round.

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