TENNIS SCORES. Andrea Petkovic stuns Kvitova in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Petkovic upsets Kvitova to fight against Elise Mertens in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Andrea Petkovic vs. Petra Kvitova

Andrea Petkovic shocks Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Petkovic will face off with Elise Mertens in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

2nd set.

Kvitova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Petkovic in the 1st game (1-0). However, Andrea succeeded in coming back to break the Czech in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Kvitova was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the German scored 75 points vs. Petra’s 65 points.

Andrea was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6). On the other side, Kvitova had some problems in converting her break points because she converted only 17% of her break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Petkovic and Kvitova is 6-5 for Andrea.

Highlights Andrea Petkovic vs. Petra Kvitova U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Andrea Petkovic vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Petkovic will fight against Mertens in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Andrea Petkovic and Elise Mertens clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Mallorca back in June 2019.

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