TOP tennis players meet in the 4th round of the tournament in Miami. Petra Kvitova will play against Elina Svitolina from Odessa. Unfortunately, Kvitova leads in personal meetings 7 - 2. She was able to win 7 meetings, out of 9. At the same time, most of the matches ended with TM21 - 22 games. Here privateers and bookmakers prefer Kvitova. But not everything is so simple. The match will show whether Svitolina can beat an uncomfortable opponent or not.
First set
The start of the match turned out to be predictable. Kvitova served first. She immediately takes a point on her serve. In the second game, Svitolina wins her serve. The score becomes equal: 1 - 1. In the next 4 games Svitolina was able to take only one point. In turn, Kvitova takes a point on her serve and implements a break point. The score becomes 4 - 2.
In the 7th game, Kvitova confidently wins her serve. In the 8th game there were a few "exactly". Ultimately, Petra was able to realize the break point and win the set. Score: 6 - 2.
Second set
Kvitova serves first again. She wins 1 game at "0". In general, up to game 6 inclusive, the game was equal. The rivals took points on their serves. The score was equal: 3 - 3.
The next 4 games passed with the same result as the first 6. The girls exchanged points taken on their serves (5 - 5). In the 11th game, Svitolina was able to quite confidently realize a break point. She took the lead 5 - 6. In the 12th game, Elina wins her serve. Thus, she wins in the 2nd set with the score: 5 - 7. The woman from Odessa compares the score in sets: 1 - 1.
Third set or break period
Kvitova serves again. This time, Svitolina was able to immediately realize a break point. From the first game, she took the lead. In game 2, she takes a point on her serve. In the 3rd game, Svitolina consolidated her success with a realized break point. The score becomes 0 - 3. In the 4th game there was a turning point. Kvitova wins 4 game after playing one break point. In the 5th game, Petra took a point on her serve. She immediately consolidated her success with a realized break point. She evened the score in the set: 3 - 3.
In the 7th game, Kvitova takes the lead thanks to the point she won on her serve. But Svitolina bounced back in the 8th game, taking a point on her serve. In the 9th game, Elina realized a break point. But in the 10th game she gave up her serve. The score was again equal: 5 - 5. In 11 and 12 games the scenario of the second set was repeated. In the 11th game, after a few “exactly” Svitolina put the squeeze on Kvitova and realized a break point. In the 12th game, without much difficulty and effort, Elina wins her serve, game, set and match. Set score: 5 - 7. Match score: 1 - 2 (6 - 2, 5 - 7 and 5 - 7).
Thus, contrary to the privateers 'forecasts and bookmakers' quotes, Svitolina wins the 4th round match. In the ¼ finals, she will meet with the representative of Latvia, Anastasia Sevastova. Nastya in the 4th round was able to cope with A. Konyukh in 2 sets. Set scores: 2 - 0 (6 - 1 and 7 - 5). In this meeting, the bookmakers put the Odessa woman as their favorite. The odds for her victory are a little over 1.4. But given the shape of the opponents, one might think not only for Elina's victory, but also for TM21.5 in games.
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