Anett Kontaveit aces Maria Sakkari 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 in the final in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes. This is the first time that Anett conquered this tournament. She has never played in this tournament so far.
The Estonian added $ 41,200 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 108,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Maria Sakkari St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:57
Kontaveit won this match even if she won less points than Sakkari (121 vs. 124).
Kontaveit
Anett won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek had a tough time converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kontaveit and Sakkari is 7-6 for Anett.
This was the 6th career title for the Estonian. She won the previous title in Cluj. (see list of titles and finals). The Greek 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 Greek won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Maria broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Kontaveit was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.
They played 65 points. Sakkari was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Anett (39-26). Maria surrendered 7 points on serve (23-7). on the other side of the court, Kontaveit conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Sherif was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Kontaveit refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Maria in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Kontaveit won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Greek won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Kontaveit converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Maria converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 99 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Estonian won barely 1 point more than Maria (50-49). Kontaveit surrendered 18 points on serve (31-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
Sherif came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the Estonian found the way to come back to break Maria in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Greek couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Kontaveit converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Sakkari was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40).
They contested 81 points. Anett was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Maria (43-38). Anett surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). In addition, on the other side, Sakkari conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
