Barbora Krejcikova too good for Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-3 in the final in Tallinn on Sunday after playing a great match to win her 5th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anett Kontaveit Tallinn Open – Tallinn
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, Krejcikova scored 69 points vs. Anett’s 43.
Krejcikova
The Czech served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (18/24) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (15/22) on her second serve. Krejcikova didn’t lose the concentration in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Kontaveit
On the other side, Kontaveit was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Krejcikova and Kontaveit is 2-1 for Barbora.
This was the 4th career title for Barbora. She won the previous title in Tallinn. (see list of titles and finals). The Estonian remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set was too strong for the Estonian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Estonian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Kontaveit was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Czech was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Barbora didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Barbora was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Anett (29-14). Krejcikova was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the court, Anett conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Krejcikova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anett Kontaveit in the 1st game (1-0). However, Barbora refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Estonian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Barbora converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Anett converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Kontaveit (40-29). Krejcikova conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, the Estonian conceded 23 points on serve (18-23).
