
Anastasia Potapova stuns Barbora Krejcikova 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Hamburg on Thursday after playing a good match to face off with Anett Kontaveit in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Barbora Krejcikova European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 59 points vs. Barbora’s 40.
Potapova
Potapova didn’t lose the focus when converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11).
Krejcikova
On the other side, the Czech was not so effective 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 Potapova and Krejcikova is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats
Potapova will take on Kontaveit in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Anett Kontaveit face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kontaveit won 2-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Moscow back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Anastasia to win the set since Barbora managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Russian kept her cool to break the Czech in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Barbora was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They contested 43 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Barbora (27-16). The Russian lost 9 points on serve (10-9). On the other side, Barbora conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
Potapova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Potapova to win the set as Krejcikova found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Potapova maintained her focus to break Krejcikova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Anastasia converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Potapova was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Krejcikova (32-24). Potapova lost 15 points on serve (17-15). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-0 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H details and stats





