Anastasia Potapova shocks Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 6-1 in the final in Istanbul on Sunday in what was an all-Russian match after playing a great match to win her 1st career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This is the first time that Anastasia conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Potapova added $ 12,963 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 31,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Veronika Kudermetova TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship – Istanbul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Potapova scored 68 points vs. Kudermetova’s 47.
Potapova
Anastasia was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Veronika had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Potapova and Kudermetova is 1-1.
This was the 1st career title for Potapova. (see list of titles and finals). Veronika 4th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Charleston 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Anastasia conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Potapova broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Veronika was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Anastasia converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Kudermetova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They played 62 points. Potapova won 8 more points than Veronika (35-27). Anastasia surrendered 11 points on serve (18-11). On the other side, Veronika conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Potapova had a racing start in this set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Anastasia to win the set since Veronika found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Anastasia kept her focus to break Veronika in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Potapova converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, Kudermetova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 59 points. Anastasia conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Kudermetova (36-23). Potapova conceded 14 points on serve (16-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Kudermetova conceded 20 points on serve (9-20).