PALERMO RESULTS. Siegemund gets by Begu in the 1st round of the Palermo Ladies Open

Laura Siegemund ousts Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Palermo on Monday. Siegemund will engage against Anett Kontaveit in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Siegemund enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Begu in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Laura to win the set since Irina-Camelia managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Siegemund kept her cool to break the Romanian in the 6^th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Siegemund was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Begu converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 56 points. Laura was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Romanian (31-25). Laura conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, Begu conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

Laura converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (4-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Begu was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 74 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Romanian (39-35). Laura conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). On the losing side, Irina-Camelia conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).

The German will pocket € 1,855 after winning this match.

Match Statistics

Siegemund

Begu

6-3 6-4

70

70

Total points

60

60

33

33

Winners

19

19

47%

47%

Ratio Winners

32%

32%

-- Serve --

0

0

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

7

7

69%

69%

1st in

58%

58%

69%

69%

1st won

54%

54%

33/48

33/48

1st won

19/35

19/35

50%

50%

2nd won

60%

60%

11/22

11/22

2nd won

15/25

15/25

-- Break Points --

3/7

3/7

Total

1/8

1/8

43%

43%

Won

13%

13%

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At the end of the match, Siegemund scored 70 points vs. the Romanian’s 60.

Laura won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Begu wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Siegemund and Begu is 3-1 for Laura.

Projected draw

This is Siegemund’s projected draw

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

Siegemund will come up against Kontaveit in the 2^nd round.

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

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

Tennis Scores in Palermo

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (7-5 6-4) – 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
• Oceane DodinDodin – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Arantxa RusRus (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Polona HercogHercog (7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sara ErraniErrani – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 1-6 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