Irina-Camelia Begu overcomes Sara Sorribes Tormo 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Palermo on Saturday. Begu will seek to keep on going in this event against Lucia Bronzetti in the final. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2012. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:12
At the end of the match, Irina-Camelia scored 97 points vs. Sorribes Tormo’s 94.
Begu
Irina-Camelia won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Sorribes Tormo
On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Begu and Sorribes Tormo is 2-0 for Irina-Camelia.
Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Lucia Bronzetti – stats
Begu will come up against Bronzetti in the final.
There is no head to head record between Irina-Camelia Begu and Lucia Bronzetti since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Begu had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Sorribes Tormo to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Sara was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th game (1-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Romanian (34-25). The Spaniard dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the net, Begu conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Begu conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
The Romanian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 53 points. The Romanian won 7 points more than Sara (30-23). The Romanian surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Sara conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Begu won the set after she broke the Spaniard in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, the Romanian maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Begu failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Romanian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
The Romanian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Sorribes Tormo converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 83 points. Begu was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Spaniard (44-39). The Romanian conceded 18 points on serve (26-18). On the losing side, Sorribes Tormo conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
