PALERMO. Martic bests Sasnovich in the quarter of the Palermo Ladies Open. HIGHLIGHTS

Petra Martic bests Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6⁵ 7-6³ in the quarter in Palermo on Friday. Martic will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Anett Kontaveit in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

Petra won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 9^th (4-5) game, The Croatian broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.

Tiebreak

Petra won 3 minibreaks in the 6^th (4-2), 11^th (6-5) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Aliaksandra won a minibreak in the 9^th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-c

Martic converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 9^th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Aliaksandra converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 9^th (4-4 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 101 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Petra won just 1 point more than Sasnovich (51-50). Martic dropped 22 points on serve (33-22). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).

Martic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Sasnovich in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Petra to win the set because Sasnovich found the way to break back in the 6^th (2-4), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Martic maintained her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Petra failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

Martic won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (3-2), 8^th (5-3), 9^th (6-3) and 10^th (7-3) point. On the other side, Aliaksandra won 2 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1) and 7^th (3-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-c

Petra converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Belarussian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 6^th (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10^th (4-5 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40).

They contested 87 points. Petra won 7 more points than Sasnovich (47-40). Martic conceded 21 points on serve (22-21). On the other side, the Belarussian conceded 25 points on serve (19-25).

Petra will add to her prize money € 2,448 after winning this match. She has won already € 6,480 of the final. If she wins the next match, Petra will add € 4,810 to her earnings to get in total € 11,290.

Match Statistics

Martic

Sasnovich

7-6⁵ 7-6³

98

98

Total points

90

90

33

33

Winners

35

35

34%

34%

Ratio Winners

39%

39%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

2

2

3

3

Double Faults

0

0

56%

56%

1st in

80%

80%

59%

59%

1st won

50%

50%

33/56

33/56

1st won

35/70

35/70

55%

55%

2nd won

67%

67%

24/44

24/44

2nd won

12/18

12/18

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

4/11

4/11

57%

57%

Won

36%

36%

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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 98 points vs. Sasnovich’s 90.

Petra was effective at converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7). On the other side, Sasnovich had a tough time converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Martic and Sasnovich is 4-1 for Petra.

Highlights Petra Martic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Draw and next match H2H: Petra Martic vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats

Martic will square off with Kontaveit in the semifinal.

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

The last time that they locked horns, Martic won 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the quarter in Dubai back in February 2020.

Tennis Scores in Palermo

• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats and score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Sara ErraniErrani (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Petra MarticMartic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Fiona FerroFerro – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H details and stats