Tamara Zidansek bests Clara Burel 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 in the final in Lausanne on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This is the first time that Tamara conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Highlights Tamara Zidansek vs. Clara Burel Ladies Open Lausanne – Lausanne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, Tamara scored 96 points vs. the French player’s 93.
Zidansek
The Slovenian was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she procured (6/8).
Burel
On the other side, Burel was struggling when converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zidansek and Burel is 1-0 for Tamara.
This was the 1st career title for Zidansek. (see list of her titles). This was The French player’s 1st final. (see list)
Live score progression and stats
conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Burel in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since the Slovenian managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when Burel won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The French player was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zidansek was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 62 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Slovenian (36-26). The French player surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Tamara conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Clara Burel in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Tamara refused to bow to come back to break Clara in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Tamara won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Clara won a minibreak in the 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 82 points. The Slovenian won 4 more points than Clara (43-39). Tamara conceded 18 points on serve (26-18). On the other side, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Zidansek won the set after she broke Clara 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The French player was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
They contested 45 points. Zidansek was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Burel (29-16). Zidansek dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). In addition, on the other side, Burel conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
