PALERMO RESULTS. Kontaveit victorious over Maria Tig in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS

Anett Kontaveit gets the better of Patricia Maria Tig 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Palermo on Tuesday. Kontaveit will face Laura Siegemund in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Kontaveit had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Tig in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Anett to win the set because the Romanian managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Estonian maintained her cool to break Patricia in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Maria Tig was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Kontaveit converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Patricia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd game (0-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 58 points. Anett conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Romanian (33-25). The Estonian conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). In addition, on the other side, Patricia conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).

Maria Tig had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Kontaveit in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Anett refused to bow to come back to break Maria Tig 3 times in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Patricia was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-3 to 6-3.

The Estonian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4^th (0-3 40-A), the 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Romanian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3^rd game (2-0 30-40).

They played 63 points. Kontaveit was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Romanian (35-28). The Estonian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15). In addition, on the other side, Patricia conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

Kontaveit will pocket € 1,855 after managing to win this match.

Match Statistics

Kontaveit

Tig

6-3 6-3

68

68

Total points

53

53

26

26

Winners

18

18

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

34%

34%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

9

9

61%

61%

1st in

44%

44%

74%

74%

1st won

64%

64%

26/35

26/35

1st won

18/28

18/28

36%

36%

2nd won

33%

33%

8/22

8/22

2nd won

12/36

12/36

-- Break Points --

6/10

6/10

Total

3/5

3/5

60%

60%

Won

60%

60%

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At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 68 points vs. the Romanian’s 53.

The Estonian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10). On the other side, Patricia was effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Maria Tig is 2-1 for Anett.

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Patricia Maria Tig Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Projected draw

This is Kontaveit’s projected draw

Next Match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Laura Siegemund – stats

Kontaveit will square off with Siegemund in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Laura Siegemund fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Kontaveit won 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Beijing back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Palermo

• Fiona FerroFerro – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Oceane DodinDodin – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Polona HercogHercog (7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Arantxa RusRus (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Andre MieleMiele (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrien BosselBossel – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Pierre FaivreFaivre – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Petra MarticMartic – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-0) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fiona FerroFerro – Sara ErraniErrani (1-0) – See H2H details

Draw