Anett Kontaveit wins against Anastasia Potapova 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Hamburg on Friday. Kontaveit will fight against Bernarda Pera in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Anastasia Potapova European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:43
At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 77 points vs. Potapova’s 66.
Kontaveit
The Estonian was effective when converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10).
Potapova
On the other side, Potapova had a tough time converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kontaveit and Potapova is 2-0 for Anett.
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Bernarda Pera – stats
Kontaveit will play Pera in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Bernarda Pera fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kontaveit won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in London back in June 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kontaveit had a racing start in this set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Kontaveit to win the set as Anastasia managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Kontaveit maintained her cool to break the Russian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Anett converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 74 points. The Estonian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Anastasia (41-33). Kontaveit surrendered 23 points on serve (27-23). On the other side, Potapova conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Kontaveit was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Kontaveit refused to bow to come back to break the Russian 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Kontaveit failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Estonian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
Anett converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Anastasia converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 0-40), the 7th (2-5 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kontaveit won just 3 more points than Anastasia (38-35). Kontaveit lost 20 points on serve (19-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Anastasia conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H details and stats
