Irina-Camelia Begu exterminates Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 6-2 in the final in Palermo on Sunday after playing a fantastic match to win her 5th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This is the first time that the Romanian conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Lucia Bronzetti Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:33
At the end of the match, Begu scored 63 points vs. Lucia’s 42.
Begu
Irina-Camelia was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12).
Bronzetti
On the other side, Bronzetti was exceptional in converting all her break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Begu and Bronzetti is 1-0 for Irina-Camelia.
This was the 5th career title for the Romanian. She won the previous title in Bucharest. (see list of titles and finals). Lucia lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Begu conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set because Bronzetti managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Begu maintained her focus to break Bronzetti in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Irina-Camelia won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Romanian converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Begu conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Bronzetti (29-17). Begu was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). On the other side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).
Begu started the set strong after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Romanian to win the set as Bronzetti managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Irina-Camelia kept her cool to break Bronzetti in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Irina-Camelia converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Bronzetti was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-3 30-40).
They played 53 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Bronzetti (32-21). Irina-Camelia surrendered 10 points on serve (17-10). On the other side, Bronzetti conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
