PALERMO. Anett Kontaveit victorious over Martic in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS

Anett Kontaveit dispatches Petra Martic 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Palermo on Saturday. Kontaveit will fight against Fiona Ferro in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

The Estonian in this set didn’t concede much to Petra and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Petra in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Kontaveit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Petra wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 56 points. Kontaveit was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Petra (31-25). The Estonian surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, Martic conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

Martic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kontaveit in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Anett managed to stage a good comeback to break Petra 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

An important stage of this set was when the Estonian won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

Anett converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40). Also, on the other side, Martic converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 15-40).

They contested 57 points. Kontaveit was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Petra (32-25). Anett dropped 14 points on serve (17-14). On the other side, the Croatian conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

Anett will add to her prize money € 4,810 after conquering this match. She has won already € 11,290 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Estonian will add € -11,290 to her earnings to earn € 0 in total.

Match Statistics

Kontaveit

Martic

6-2 6-4

64

64

Total points

50

50

28

28

Winners

17

17

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

34%

34%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

3

3

1

1

Double Faults

3

3

63%

63%

1st in

58%

58%

72%

72%

1st won

57%

57%

28/39

28/39

1st won

17/30

17/30

39%

39%

2nd won

36%

36%

9/23

9/23

2nd won

8/22

8/22

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

2/6

2/6

56%

56%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 64 points vs. Petra’s 50.

Anett was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, Martic had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kontaveit and Martic is 1-1.

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Petra Martic Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Fiona Ferro – stats

Kontaveit will fight against Ferro in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Fiona Ferro play each other. 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 played, Kontaveit won 7-5 6-7⁶ 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Poitiers back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Palermo

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Petra MarticMartic (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Fiona FerroFerro – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Fiona FerroFerro (0-0) – H2H details and stats