Ekaterina Alexandrova clobbers Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 6-0 in the final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday after playing a great match to win her 2nd career title.
The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This is the first time that Alexandrova conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 71 points vs. Sabalenka’s 46.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova was sharp when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Sabalenka is 3-2 for Ekaterina.
This was the 2nd career title for Ekaterina. She won the previous title in ‘s. (see list of titles and finals). Aryna remains with 10th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Ekaterina broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
They contested 79 points. Ekaterina won 5 points more than Sabalenka (42-37). Ekaterina surrendered 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the court, Sabalenka conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
Aryna was repeatedly broken and Alexandrova won the set 6-0.
Alexandrova converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Aryna wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (0-5 40-A).
They contested 39 points. Ekaterina was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than Aryna (28-11). The Russian lost 8 points on serve (15-8). on the other side of the court, Aryna conceded 13 points on serve (3-13).