Karolina Muchova Secures Semifinal Spot at US Open with Convincing Win Over Romanian Opponent

For Muchova, in reality, we were afraid that the warm-up time. Wearing a strap on her right arm, the Czech got over the fear of being a little injured, like her compatriot Marketa Vondrousova, who was also hit in the arm (the left for her part). But very quickly, we saw that his strikes had lost none of their purity or clarity. A successful double break from the start is enough to reassure the supporters of the Roland-Garros finalist.

Conversely, opposite, the Romanian seemed once again overtaken by the intoxication of high altitude, she who has still not known the slightest semi-final in Grand Slam. His level of play had nothing to do with the one that had allowed him to eliminate Elena Rybakina or Belinda Bencic in particular in this US Open. Above all, she missed a huge opportunity to regain part of her delay, 3-0 against her, in a marathon game during which she squandered nine break points (!). Including one on an almost penalty shot.

At the start of the second set, the Romanian tried to come out of her torpor and broke away 2-0 by finally converting her 11th opportunity. But she quickly fell back into her approximations, and it took a lot more anyway to hinder the serenity of Karolina Muchova, who thus qualified for her third Grand Slam semi-final, after the Australian Open 2021 and Roland -Garros 2023.

She will therefore find Coco Gauff there, against whom she has just lost in the final of the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati (6-3, 6-4). A big shock, on paper at least, between two players in full confidence and who today seem to have reached the fullness of their tennis.

2023-09-06 01:05:00
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