Barbora Krejcikova downs Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-3 in the final in Strasbourg on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This is the first time that Krejcikova conquered this tournament. She has never played in this tournament so far.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Sorana Cirstea Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 76 points vs. Cirstea’s 63.
Krejcikova
Krejcikova won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Cirstea
On the other side, Cirstea wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Krejcikova and Cirstea is 2-1 for Barbora.
This was the 1st career title for the Czech. (see list of the title). The Romanian remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Tashkent 2008 and in Istanbul 2021. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
Krejcikova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set as the Romanian found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. The Czech kept her focus to break Cirstea in the 9th (6-3) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Krejcikova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 2nd game (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sorana converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 70 points. Barbora was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Cirstea (37-33). The Czech conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
Pliskova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Krejcikova managed to stage a great comeback to break Sorana 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
They played 63 points. Krejcikova was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Cirstea (36-27). The Czech surrendered 16 points on serve (19-16). In addition, on the other side, Sorana conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
