Anett Kontaveit defeats Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(5) 6-4 in the final in Cleveland on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This is the first time that the Estonian conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Anett added $ 12,802 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 29,200 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Tennis in the Land – Cleveland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:55
At the end of the match, Kontaveit scored 85 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 74.
Kontaveit
The Estonian was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2).
Begu
On the other side, Irina-Camelia was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kontaveit and Begu is 1-0 for Anett.
This was the 2nd career title for the Estonian. (see list of titles and finals). Irina-Camelia remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Tashkent 2012, in Seoul 2015, in Florianopolis 2016 and in Bucharest 2017. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kontaveit won the set after she broke the Romanian in the 6th (4-2) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Kontaveit managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
Anett conceded 19 points on serve (28-19). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kontaveit grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
They played 63 points. Anett won 11 more points than Begu (37-26). The Estonian dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Irina-Camelia conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
