Angelique Kerber survives Kaja Juvan 7-6(5) 6-7(0) 7-6(5) in the final in Strasbourg on Saturday after winning a huge battle. The epic lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. This is the first time that the German conquered this tournament. Her best result in this tournament so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Angelique Kerber vs. Kaja Juvan Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:16
Kerber won this contest even if she scored less points than Kaja (146 vs. 151).
Kerber
Kerber won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Juvan
On the other side, Kaja was struggling when converting her break points (only 32% – 6/19). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kerber and Juvan is 1-1.
This was the 14th career title for the German. (see list of titles and finals). Kaja lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kerber conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kaja Juvan in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the German found the way to come back to break Juvan 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Angelique failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when Angelique won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 2-5 to 6-5.
Tiebreak
Kerber won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Slovenian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (2-4) and 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 95 points. Angelique was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Kaja (50-45). Angelique lost 22 points on serve (28-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Kaja conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).
Kerber enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kaja Juvan in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Slovenian to win the set since Kerber succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Kaja maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 0.
Nevertheless also Kerber won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Tiebreak
The Slovenian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
They contested 103 points. Juvan conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Kerber (57-46). The Slovenian conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). On the other side, Angelique conceded 32 points on serve (32-32).
Angelique won the set after she broke Juvan in the 3rd (2-1) game. Kaja tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Kerber didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Kerber won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kaja won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (3-4) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 109 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Kaja (57-52). Angelique surrendered 19 points on serve (30-19). On the other side, the Slovenian conceded 27 points on serve (33-27).
