Camila Giorgi defeats Katerina Siniakova 7-5 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Merida on Saturday. Giorgi will square off with Rebecca Peterson in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes.
Highlights Camila Giorgi vs. Katerina Siniakova Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:11
At the end of the match, Camila scored 89 points vs. Katerina’s 82.
Giorgi
The Italian served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (35/42) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 38% points (15/40) on her second serve. The Italian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Siniakova
On the other side, the Czech was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Giorgi and Siniakova is 3-1 for Camila.
Draw and next match H2H: Camila Giorgi vs. Rebecca Peterson – stats
Giorgi will face Peterson in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Camila Giorgi and Rebecca Peterson face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Giorgi (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Giorgi won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Palermo back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Giorgi didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Katerina Siniakova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Italian refused to bow to come back to break Katerina in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Camila failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
The Italian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Siniakova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 97 points. Camila was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Czech (52-45). Camila dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). In addition, on the other side, Katerina conceded 23 points on serve (27-23).
Camila won the set after she broke Siniakova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Nonetheless, Camila kept the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.
Anyhow also the Czech won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
Camila won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Siniakova won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 7th (2-5) point.
Giorgi won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Italian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Czech converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).
They played 74 points. This set was so close that, Giorgi won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Giorgi lost 16 points on serve (18-16). on the other side of the court, Siniakova conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-2 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H details and stats
