Anett Kontaveit hustles Maria Sakkari 6-2 7-5 in the final in Ostrava on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This is the first time that Anett conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Anett added $ 17,570 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 68,570 in total after conquering this tournament.
Kontaveit was elated about the outcome. She commented:
“Maria is such a good player, and we’ve had a lot of tough matches between us, and I knew I had to play well to beat her. I think I managed to serve pretty well and play aggressive, but be as consistent as possible.”
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Maria Sakkari J&T Banka Ostrava Open – Ostrava
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 75 points vs. Maria’s 56.
Kontaveit
Kontaveit served pretty well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (9/13) on her second serve. The Estonian was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4).
Sakkari
On the other side, Maria wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kontaveit and Sakkari is 5-6 for Maria.
This was the 3rd career title for Kontaveit. She won the previous title in Ostrava. (see list of titles and finals). Sakkari 2nd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Estonian in this set didn’t concede much to Maria and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Sakkari in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Kontaveit converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Anett didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Anett was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Greek (32-18). Kontaveit was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Maria conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Estonian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They played 83 points. Kontaveit was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Maria (44-39). Kontaveit surrendered 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
Anett Kontaveit in Ostrava |
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