Arantxa Rus dispatches Noma Akugue Noha 6-0 7-6(3) in the final in Hamburg on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Rus added € 12,170 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 29,760 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Arantxa Rus vs. Noma Akugue Noha European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:45
At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 77 points vs. the German’s 57.
Rus
The Dutch was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Akugue Noha
On the other side, Noma wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Rus and Akugue Noha is 1-0 for Arantxa.
This was the 1st career title for Rus. (see list of titles and finals). This was The German’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
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There was not much story in this set since the Dutch conceded no games to the German before winning the set 6-0.
The Dutch failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 40.
Rus was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Noma was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (0-4 40-A) and the 7th game (1–6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. The Dutch conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Noma (31-18). Arantxa dropped 14 points on serve (19-14). In addition, on the other side, the German conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Rus won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Dutch won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the German won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Arantxa was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the German was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 87 points. Rus was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Noma (46-41). The Dutch surrendered 11 points on serve (29-11). In addition, on the other side, Noma conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).
