Anett Kontaveit survives Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the final in Moscow on Sunday after winning a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This is the first time that the Estonian conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event. Anet recovered from a desperate deficit when she was 4-6 0-4 down.
Kontaveit added $ 17,570 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 68,570 in total after conquering this tournament.
Kontaveit was pleased about the outcome of the match. She commented:
“When these moments happen, which they do happen, I’m just trying to think about the process and not too much of the score, which can be difficult, of course, sometimes. I think that the main thing is to try and think about the process and what I have to do, and not focus on other things that you cannot control.”
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 114 points vs. Ekaterina’s 109.
Kontaveit
Anett won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Alexandrova is 2-0 for Anett.
This was the 4th career title for Kontaveit. She won the previous title in Moscow. (see list of titles and finals). Alexandrova 2nd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Shenzhen 2020. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexandrova clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Ekaterina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexandrova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. Ekaterina conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Estonian (38-33). The Russian conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, Kontaveit conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Krunic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, Kontaveit managed to stage a good comeback to break the Russian 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Russian was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-4 to 6-4. Nevertheless also the Russian won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
The Estonian converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexandrova was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40).
They played 73 points. Kontaveit won 5 more points than Ekaterina (39-34). The Estonian dropped 11 points on serve (15-11). On the other side, Ekaterina conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).
The Estonian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 9th (4-5) game, The Estonian broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
They played 78 points. Kontaveit conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Russian (43-35). Kontaveit lost 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Alexandrova conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).
