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Angelique Kerber #22 def. Petra Kvitova #11

6-4 3-3 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 2021*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Angelique Kerber
Score	6-4 3-3 (ret.)
Loser	Petra Kvitova

Stat	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitova
Aces	1	7
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	50	59
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitova
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Jan 18, 1988	Mar 8, 1990
Age	33	31
Height	173	182
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,950	4,035
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,897
Career W-L	461–270	501–258
Career earnings	$32,545,460	$37,653,615

Pre-match H2H

Angelique Kerber 7 – 5 Petra Kvitova

Path

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Jelena Ostapenko	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2021	R32	Elina Svitolina	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2021	R64	Maria Sakkari	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2021	SF	Ashleigh Barty	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Kvitova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Ons Jabeur	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2021	R32	Veronika Kudermetova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2021	R64	Madison Keys	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data