Camila Giorgi gets the better of Rebecca Peterson 7-6(3) 1-6 6-2 in the final in Merida on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Camila Giorgi vs. Rebecca Peterson Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:23
At the end of the match, Giorgi scored 90 points vs. the Swede’s 88.
Giorgi
The Italian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Peterson
On the other side, the Swede was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Giorgi and Peterson is 3-1 for Camila.
This was the 4th career title for Giorgi. She won the previous title in Montreal. (see list of titles and finals). The Swede remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Nanchang 2019 and in Tianjin 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Giorgi conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Italian broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Camila converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 30-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Swede converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 points more than the Swede (47-45). Camila conceded 15 points on serve (31-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swede conceded 16 points on serve (30-16).
The Swede was far too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Giorgi 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Camila couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Swede was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, the Swede didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Peterson won 13 points more than the Italian (26-13). The Swede was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). In addition, on the other side, Giorgi conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Giorgi got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Rebecca Peterson in the 2nd game (2-0). Giorgi reinforced her lead after breaking Peterson in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Peterson was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Italian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swede was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 47 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Rebecca (29-18). Camila lost 8 points on serve (16-8). In addition, on the other side, Peterson conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
