Karolína Muchová advanced to the round of 16 of the tennis tournament in Montreal after winning 7:5, 6:4 over Romanian Sorana Cirstea. For the quarterfinals, she will face world number one Iga Šwiateková from Poland, who defeated Karolína Plíšková 7:6, 6:2 in the second round.
The fourteenth-seeded Muchová also managed the second match in Montreal without losing a set. Even sets were always decided by the twenty-six-year-old Czech tennis player at the end, when she took the opponent’s serve and then confirmed the break herself.
Muchová will face Šwiateková two months after the Pole beat her in a three-set battle in the Roland Garros final.
Thirty-one-year-old Plíšková played an even first set with Šwiateková, who was nine years younger, in which each tennis player took the opponent’s serve twice. The set was decided by a tie-break, which Šwiateková won 8:6.
The second set was already played under the direction of the four-time Grand Slam champion, who converted the first match point on Plíšková’s serve when the Czech tennis player hit a forehand into the net. The currently 23rd ranked player, who scored only her second victory since April in the first round in Montreal, lost to Šwiateková for the second time this year and the third time overall.
“This first match was quite a challenge. It’s always a challenge, especially against such a player,” Šwiateková, who had the first round off, said on the court after the victory.
“She definitely used her experience in the first set, so I’m glad that I was able to get it in the tie-break. I already played better in the second set. I needed to readjust, realize what I could have done better, and I’m glad that I succeeded,” added the Polish tennis player.
Wimbledon champions Markéta Vondroušová and Petra Kvitová are still playing in the second round today.
Montreal Women’s Tennis Tournament (hard court, $2,788,468 endowment):
Singles – 2nd round: Šwiateková (1-Pol.) – Pliskova (Czech Republic) 7:6 (8:6), 6:2, Muchova (14-Czech Republic) – Cirsteaová (Romania) 7:5, 6:4, Kasatkinová (10-Russia) – Blinkovová (Russia) 6:2, 7:5, Pegulaová (4-USA) – Putintseva (Kaz .) 6:4, 6:4, Gauffová (6-USA) – Boulterová (Brit.) 6:2, 6:2, Bencicová (12-Switzerland) – Parksová (USA) 6:3, 5:7, 6:4, Samsonova (15-Russia) – Cheng Chin-wen (China) 6:3, 6:2, Rybakinova (3-Kaz.) – Bradyova (USA) 6:7 (3:7), 7: 6 (7:5), 6:3.
Toronto Men’s Tennis Tournament (hard court, $7,622,925 endowment):
Singles – 2nd round: McDonald (USA) – Rublyov (6-Rus.) 6:4, 6:3, Fritz (8-USA) – Humbert (Fr.) 7:6 (9:7), 3:6, 6:3, Hurkacz (15-Pol.) – Kecmanovič (Serb.) 5:7, 6:3, 6:0, Raonic (Can.) – Daniel (Japan) 6:4, 6:3,
2023-08-09 18:55:20
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