Beatriz Haddad Maia overcomes Alison Riske 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the final in Nottingham on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This is the first time that Beatriz conquers a WTA title. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the qualifications. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Alison Riske Viking Open – Nottingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 92 points vs. Riske’s 88.
Haddad Maia
Beatriz won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 19% (3/16) of the procured opportunities.
Riske
On the other side, Riske had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Haddad Maia and Riske is 1-0 for Beatriz.
This was the 1st career title for the Brazilian. (see list of titles and finals). Alison remains with 3rd titles after she conquered the tournament in Tianjin 2014, in ‘s 2019 and in Linz 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Beatriz snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Haddad Maia converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Alison was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Beatriz was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the American (41-32). Haddad Maia surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Riske conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).
Haddad Maia didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alison Riske in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Alison to win the set (6-1) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
There was an important spell in this set when Riske won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 1-1 to 5-0.
Haddad Maia won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Beatriz broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Beatriz converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 55 points. The Brazilian won 7 points more than the American (31-24). Beatriz surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Alison conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
