Karolina Pliskova surprises Sasnovich in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Alexandrova at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. HIGHLIGHTS – LINZ RESULTS

UPPER AUSTRIA LADIES LINZ - LINZ DRAW AND RESULTS. Pliskova surprises Sasnovich to fight against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round

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Karolina Pliskova stuns Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Linz on Tuesday. Pliskova will face off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. Karolina won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pliskova
Linz
Pliskova's Record

The Czech added to her prize money € 4,381 after conquering this match. She has already won € 15,690 after this win. If she wins the next match, Karolina will add € 14,745 to her earnings to get in total € 30,435 in total.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova
Sasnovich
Karolina Pliskova
6-4 6-4
1h:24
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
71
71
Total points
61
61
34
34
Winners
26
26
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
72%
72%
1st in
62%
62%
68%
68%
1st won
67%
67%
34/50
34/50
1st won
26/39
26/39
37%
37%
2nd won
29%
29%
7/19
7/19
2nd won
7/24
7/24
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
3/8
3/8
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 71 points vs. Sasnovich’s 61.

Pliskova

The Czech fired 16 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Pliskova was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).

Sasnovich

On the other side, the Belarussian had a tough time converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Pliskova and Sasnovich is 2-1 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Pliskova will square off with Alexandrova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Karolina Pliskova and Ekaterina Alexandrova square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Pliskova and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Alexandrova won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Doha back in 2023.

Karolina Pliskova Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Pliskova 6-4
PliskovaSasnovich
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
PliskovaSasnovich
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSasnovich
5
4
0
15
0
30
30
30
40
30
PliskovaSasnovich
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
PliskovaSasnovich
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
PliskovaSasnovich
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
PliskovaSasnovich
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PliskovaSasnovich
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSasnovich
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
PliskovaSasnovich
0
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PliskovaSasnovich
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Pliskova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Czech refused to bow to come back to break Sasnovich 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Sasnovich was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Pliskova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Czech won only 1 point more than Sasnovich (33-32). The Czech surrendered 14 points on serve (18-14). On the other side, Sasnovich conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

2nd Set -
Pliskova 6-4
PliskovaSasnovich
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
PliskovaSasnovich
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
PliskovaSasnovich
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaSasnovich
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSasnovich
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSasnovich
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PliskovaSasnovich
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PliskovaSasnovich
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaSasnovich
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Karolina won the set after she broke the Belarussian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Belarussian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Pliskova didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.

The Czech converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 66 points. Pliskova was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Belarussian (37-29). The Czech surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). On the losing side, Sasnovich conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

1st
Pliskova
Sasnovich
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Pliskova
Sasnovich
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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