ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS. Bertens aces Alexandrova in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY - ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS. Bertens bests Alexandrova to compete against Elena Rybakina in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Kiki Bertens wins against Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Bertens will face Elena Rybakina in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Bertens didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Bertens reinforced her lead after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

An important stage of this contest was when the Dutch won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2nd set.

Bertens conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Alexandrova was not done to come back to break the Dutch in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

A defining moment of this contest was when Ekaterina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

3rd set.

Bertens started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Bertens managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Alexandrova in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this contest was when the Dutch won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Kiki.

Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Next Match H2H: Kiki Bertens vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Bertens will square off with Rybakina in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Kiki Bertens and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Bertens won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Hertogenbosch back in 2019.

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