Maryna Zanevska overcomes Kristina Kucova 6-4 7-6(4) in the final in Gdynia on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This is the first time that the Belgian conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Zanevska added $ 12,802 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 29,200 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Maryna Zanevska vs. Kristina Kucova BNP Paribas Poland Open – Gdynia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 81 points vs. Kristina’s 71.
Zanevska
The Belgian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 30% (6/20) of the procured opportunities.
Kucova
On the other side, Kristina was struggling when converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zanevska and Kucova is 5-1 for Maryna.
This was the maiden title for Maryna that won her first title on the first attempt in a final. Kucova lost the opportunity to win her title also on the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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had a great start in this set after breaking Kristina Kucova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Zanevska succeeded in coming back to break Kucova 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Certainly, a key moment was when Zanevska won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.
Zanevska converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Zanevska was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Kristina (33-24). The Belgian dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kristina Kucova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Zanevska managed to stage a good comeback to break Kucova 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
The Belgian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
The Belgian was unable to break Kucova in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Maryna won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-3 to 5-3.
Tiebreak
Maryna won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Slovakian won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3