Alison Van Uytvanck stuns Yulia Putintseva 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the final in Nur-Sultan on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. This is the first time that Alison conquered this tournament. She has never played in this tournament so far.
Van Uytvanck was glad about the outcome of the match. She commented:
“She started off unbelievable without making any mistakes. I was trying to be aggressive but it was not working. I had struggles, but I tried to be positive and get myself into the match. Even the second set was tight, but I felt more comfortable coming into net and being more aggressive.
I was struggling physically, I kept saying to myself, it’s the last set, push it, push it, push it. I didn’t expect winning today and I just gave everything – I’m so tired but so happy.”
Highlights Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Yulia Putintseva Astana Open – Nur-Sultan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:20
Alison won this encounter even if she scored less points than the Kazakhstani (84 vs. 92).
Van Uytvanck
Van Uytvanck won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Putintseva
On the other side, the Kazakhstani was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered points (6/11). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Van Uytvanck and Putintseva is 1-4 for Yulia.
This was the 5th career title for Alison. She won the previous title in Nur. (see list of titles and finals). Yulia remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Nurnberg 2019 and in Budapest 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Putintseva was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking the Belgian 3 times and win the set 6-1.
The Belgian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Putintseva was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Yulia didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 35 points. The Kazakhstani won 17 more points than Alison (26-9). The Kazakhstani was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Van Uytvanck conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).
overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Van Uytvanck managed to stage a good comeback to break the Kazakhstani 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Putintseva was completely outplayed in the last 3 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Alison converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Yulia converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Alison was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Putintseva (34-27). Alison dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Putintseva conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
