Anastasia Potapova grounds Petra Martic 6-3 6-1 in the final in Linz on Sunday after playing a solid match to win her 2nd career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Petra Martic Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:16
At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 66 points vs. the Croatian’s 44.
Potapova
The Russian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Martic
On the other side, the Croatian had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Martic is 2-1 for Anastasia.
This was the 2nd career title for Potapova. (see list of titles and finals). The Croatian remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Istanbul 2019 and in Lausanne 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Potapova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Petra Martic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Anastasia managed to stage a great comeback to break the Croatian in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
They played 71 points. Anastasia won 7 points more than Petra (39-32). The Russian dropped 17 points on serve (23-17). On the other side, the Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
The Russian won the set after she broke the Croatian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Petra was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
They played 38 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 18 more points than the Croatian (28-10). Potapova was untouchable on serve to concede only 1 point during her serving games (13-1). on the other side of the court, Martic conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
