Karolina Pliskova victorious over Rebecca Peterson 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Pliskova will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Pliskova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Peterson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Pliskova to win the set because Rebecca succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Czech maintained her cool to break Peterson in the 12th (7-5) game.
2nd set.
Pliskova started the set strong after breaking Peterson in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Pliskova to win the set as Rebecca found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Czech kept her cool to break the Swede in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Karolina scored 77 points vs. the Swede’s 66 points.
Karolina won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Rebecca was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 38% of her break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pliskova and Peterson is 1-0 for Karolina.
Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Rebecca Peterson Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Next Match: Karolina Pliskova vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova – stats
Pliskova will come up against Kuznetsova in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Karolina Pliskova and Svetlana Kuznetsova square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Pliskova and Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 6-77 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Eastbourne back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Sofia KeninSofia – Elina SvitolinaElina (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana – Sloane StephensSloane (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyAshleigh – Anett KontaveitAnett (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaKarolina – Rebecca PetersonRebecca (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Madison KeysMadison – Simona HalepSimona (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaNaomi – Su-Wei HsiehSu-Wei (7-63 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Venus WilliamsVenus – Donna VekicDonna (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariMaria – Aryna SabalenkaAryna (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyAshleigh – Maria SakkariMaria (1-1) – See H2H details
- Karolina PliskovaKarolina – Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana (2-2) – See H2H details
- Venus WilliamsVenus – Madison KeysMadison (2-2) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninSofia – Naomi OsakaNaomi (0-1) – See H2H details
