Anett Kontaveit downs Belinda Bencic 7-6(7) 6-2 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Kontaveit will try to keep the momentum against Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Kontaveit added to her prize money $ 20,500 after winning this match. She has won already $ 39,000 so far in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Anett will add $ 27,800 to her earnings to get in total $ 66,800.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Belinda Bencic St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:42
At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 85 points vs. the Swiss’s 67.
Kontaveit
The Estonian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kontaveit and Bencic is 3-0 for Anett.
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats
Kontaveit will fight against Ostapenko in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Anett Kontaveit and Jelena Ostapenko face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Ostapenko won 6-3 6-3 in the final in Eastbourne back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Kontaveit came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for the Estonian to win the set because the Swiss found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Anett maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
Anyhow also Belinda won 5 consecutive games from 0-3 to 5-3
Tiebreak
The Estonian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 11th (5-6), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Bencic won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Estonian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40). Anett saved 3 set points when she was 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. In addition on the other side, Belinda converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. Kontaveit conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Swiss (49-43). Anett lost 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 23 points on serve (28-23).
Kontaveit had a racing start in this set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Estonian to win the set since Bencic succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Anett maintained her cool to break Belinda in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
An important stage of this set was when the Estonian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Kontaveit converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Swiss converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. The Estonian won 12 more points than the Swiss (37-25). The Estonian dropped 13 points on serve (19-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Belinda BencicBencic (7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-65 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elise MertensMertens (7-67 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-1) – H2H details and stats
