Iga Swiatek outlasts Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Swiatek will engage against Aryna Sabalenka in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes.
The Pole added to her prize money € 24,153 after winning this match. She has won already € 58,032 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add € 35,791 to her earnings to get in total € 93,823 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Liudmila Samsonova Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Iga scored 130 points vs. Samsonova’s 120.
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Samsonova
On the other side, Ludmilla was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Samsonova is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Swiatek will play Sabalenka in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Swiatek and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Doha back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Russian found the way to come back to break Swiatek in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Samsonova won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 10th (6-4) point. On the other side, the Pole won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Samsonova won the tiebreak 6-4 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4
They played 109 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Russian won only 1 point more than the Pole (55-54). Samsonova dropped 21 points on serve (34-21). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Swiatek grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Pole converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 71 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Ludmilla (41-30). Swiatek surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
Swiatek was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Pole to win the set because Ludmilla succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The Pole kept her focus to break the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
They contested 77 points. Swiatek won 7 more points than Ludmilla (42-35). Swiatek dropped 14 points on serve (21-14). On the other side, Samsonova conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-74 6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
