Anett Kontaveit clobbers Magda Linette 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday after playing a fantastic match to clash against Naomi Osaka in the 4th round.
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Linette conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kontaveit in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Anett found the way to come back to break Magda in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Kontaveit won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Kontaveit was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the Pole converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
Kontaveit was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Linette in the 1st game (1-0). The Estonian extended her lead after breaking Magda in the 7th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
Anett converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Estonian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Kontaveit was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Pole (25-13). The Estonian was incredibly sharp on serve to concede only 1 point during her serving games (16-1). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
Anett will add to her prize money $ 87,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 250,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Estonian will add $ 175,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Linette is 3-4 for Magda.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Magda Linette U.S. Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Kontaveit will fight against Osaka in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Anett Kontaveit and Naomi Osaka clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Osaka won 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in New York back in August 2020.
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