Katerina Siniakova surprises Elena Rybakina 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-4 in the final in Portoroz on Sunday. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Katerina added € 10,848 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 26,770 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Elena Rybakina Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz – Portoroz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:06
After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Rybakina is 2-4 for Elena.
This was the 3rd career title for Katerina. She won the previous title in Bastad. (see list of titles and finals). Rybakina remains with 3rd titles after she conquered the tournament in Bucharest 2019, in Hobart 2020 and in Wimbledon 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
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Siniakova had a strong start of this set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Rybakina to win the set since Siniakova succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Kazakhstani kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Elena won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0. Yet also Katerina won 5 consecutive games from 0-5 to 5-5
Tiebreak
Elena won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Czech won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Kazakhstani was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Czech was unerring in converting all her break points in the 7th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 92 points. Elena won 4 more points than Katerina (48-44). Rybakina lost 21 points on serve (28-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Katerina conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
Siniakova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Katerina broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Elena won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Czech converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Rybakina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40).
They played 93 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 1 point more than Rybakina (47-46). The Czech dropped 14 points on serve (27-14). On the other side, Elena conceded 20 points on serve (32-20).
Katerina won the set after she broke Elena in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Elena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Czech maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Katerina was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Rybakina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (3-4 0-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Katerina won just 3 points more than Rybakina (28-25). The Czech dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Elena conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
