Anett Kontaveit survives Xiyu Wang 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Tallinn on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Kontaveit will seek to keep on going in this event against Tereza Martincova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Xiyu Wang Tallinn Open – Tallinn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdG5AZknQok
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:17
At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 96 points vs. Xiyu’s 84.
Kontaveit
The Estonian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).
Wang
On the other side, Wang was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kontaveit and Wang is 1-0 for Anett.
Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Tereza Martincova – stats
Kontaveit will compete against Martincova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Anett Kontaveit and Tereza Martincova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kontaveit won 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Xiyu won the set after she broke the Estonian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Estonian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Nonetheless, Wang didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Xiyu won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Wang was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Estonian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th game (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Xiyu was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Anett (34-27). Wang conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Anett conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Kontaveit commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 1st game (1-0). The Estonian managed to boost her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Anett was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 46 points. Kontaveit was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the Chinese (29-17). Kontaveit dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Wang conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Kontaveit had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Kontaveit to win the set as Wang succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Kontaveit kept her focus to break the Chinese in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Estonian won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-0 to .
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Kontaveit won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0. Anyhow also Wang won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5
The Estonian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-3 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 73 points. Kontaveit was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Wang (40-33). The Estonian lost 19 points on serve (27-19). on the other side of the net, Xiyu conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
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