Kiki Bertens blitzes Elena Rybakina 6-1 6-3 in the final in St. Petersburg on Sunday after playing a superlative match to win her 10th career title, the 1st of this season.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kiki was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Rybakina 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Elena was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Dutch conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Bertens scored 63 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 45 points.
The Dutch served pretty well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 47% points (9/19) on her second serve. The Dutch didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8). On the other side, Rybakina wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Bertens and Rybakina is 2-0 for Kiki.
Highlights Kiki Bertens vs. Elena Rybakina St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Kiki BertensBertens – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
