Liudmila Samsonova bests Kaia Kanepi 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Washington on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Kaia Kanepi Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:04
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 78 points vs. Kaia’s 65.
Samsonova
Ludmilla served pretty well to win 81% of the points (35/43) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (21/31) on her second serve. Ludmilla fired 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Ludmilla was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Kanepi
On the other side, Kaia was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Kanepi is 2-0 for Ludmilla.
This was the 2nd career title for the Russian. (see list of titles and finals). The Estonian remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Palermo 2010, in Brisbane 2012, in Estoril 2012 and in Brussels 2013. (see list of titles and finals)
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Estonian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Kanepi was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Estonian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kanepi won just 3 more points than Ludmilla (27-24). Kanepi conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, Samsonova conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Samsonova won the set after she broke Kanepi in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Kanepi had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Russian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kanepi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 48 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Kaia (26-22). The Russian conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Kaia conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Samsonova snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Samsonova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Samsonova was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Estonian (28-16). Samsonova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the court, Kanepi conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
