Barbora Krejcikova outlasts Anett Kontaveit 0-6 6-4 7-6(12) in the semifinal in Sydney on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Krejcikova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Paula Badosa Gibert in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anett Kontaveit Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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The Czech won this encounter even if she conquered less points than the Estonian (101 vs. 107).
Krejcikova
Barbora won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kontaveit
On the other side, Anett was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Krejcikova and Kontaveit is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Krejcikova will face Badosa Gibert in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Paula Badosa Gibert fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Badosa Gibert won 6-1 7-5 in the 4th round in Indian Wells back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set as Anett conceded no games to the Czech before winning the set 6-0.
Anett was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). Also, on the other side, Barbora was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (0-4 30-40).
They played 44 points. The Estonian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Barbora (29-15). Anett conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, Krejcikova conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Krejcikova missed the chance to break the Estonian in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Barbora converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. Krejcikova conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Estonian (35-29). The Czech conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Estonian conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
The Czech won the set after she broke the Estonian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 13th (7-6() game. Anett tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 13th (7-6() game. Anyhow, Krejcikova managed to stay calm and finish the job to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 12.
Tiebreak
Barbora won 7 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7), 18th (9-9) and 26th (14-12) point. On the other side, Anett won 5 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8) and 17th (9-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 9-10, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 12-12, 13-12, 14-12
The Czech surrendered 20 points on serve (31-20). On the other side, the Estonian conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-6 6-4 7-612) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-2) – H2H details and stats
