Barbora Krejcikova victorious over Iga Swiatek 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 in the final in Ostrava on Sunday. The epic lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. This is the first time that Krejcikova conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Iga Swiatek Ostrava Open – Ostrava
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:16
At the end of the match, Krejcikova scored 120 points vs. the Pole’s 111.
Krejcikova
Krejcikova won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, the Pole was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Krejcikova and Swiatek is 1-2 for Iga.
This was the 5th career title for Barbora. She won the previous title in Ostrava. (see list of titles and finals). Swiatek remains with 10th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek won the set after she broke the Czech 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Barbora tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Swiatek stayed solid to conquer the set 7-5.
Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Swiatek won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1. Notwithstanding also Barbora won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5
Krejcikova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Barbora to win the set since Iga found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The Czech kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Krejcikova won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Pole won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.
The Czech won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Barbora was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the Pole converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if she scored less points 3 than the Pole (42-45). Barbora conceded 18 points on serve (30-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Iga conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Krejcikova grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Barbora was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Iga was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Barbora was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Iga (35-22). Barbora conceded 10 points on serve (26-10). on the other side of the court, Iga conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
