Liudmila Samsonova powers past Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-3 in the final in Cleveland on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to win her 3rd career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tennis in the Land – Cleveland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:12
At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 60 points vs. Aliaksandra’s 41.
Samsonova
Samsonova served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (10/20) on her second serve. Samsonova didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Sasnovich
On the other side, Aliaksandra was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Samsonova and Sasnovich is 1-0 for Ludmilla.
This was the 3rd career title for Samsonova. She won the previous title in Washington. (see list of titles and finals). This was Sasnovich’s 3rd final after she lost in Seoul 2015, in Brisbane 2018 and in Melbourne 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Samsonova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Samsonova to win the set because Sasnovich found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Russian maintained her cool to break Sasnovich in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Belarussian was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Aliaksandra was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They contested 41 points. Ludmilla conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Belarussian (27-14). Ludmilla lost 6 points on serve (10-6). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 17 points on serve (8-17).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Aliaksandra wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 62 points. Samsonova was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Aliaksandra (34-28). Samsonova conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Sasnovich conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
