Paula Badosa Gibert outlasts Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) in the final in Sydney on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This is the first time that the Spaniard conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Barbora Krejcikova Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
The Spaniard won this contest even if she won the same amount of points of the Czech (98 vs. 98).
Badosa
The Spaniard struck 12 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Paula was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Krejcikova
On the other side, Krejcikova was great in converting all her break points (4/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Badosa and Krejcikova is 3-0 for Paula.
This was the 3rd career title for Paula. She won the previous title in Indian Wells. (see list of titles and finals). Barbora remains with 3rd titles after she conquered the tournament in Strasbourg 2021, the French Open (2021) and in Prague (2021). (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Badosa was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Badosa kept her cool to break the Czech in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Czech was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Spaniard converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Krejcikova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 52 points. The Spaniard won 6 points more than Barbora (29-23). Badosa conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tomljanovic overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Barbora to win the set because Paula succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. Krejcikova maintained her focus to break Paula in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
They played 60 points. Krejcikova conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Badosa (34-26). Barbora dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Badosa was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for Badosa to win the set because Barbora succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Badosa kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Krejcikova won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 3rd (2-1) and 10th (4-6) point.
The Spaniard won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Paula dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
