Ons Jabeur routs Diana Shnaider 6-2 6-1 in the final in Ningbo on Saturday after playing a good match to win her 6th career title, the 3rd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Ons added $ 14,002 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 34,228 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Diana Shnaider Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ons scored 63 points vs. Shnaider’s 38.
Jabeur
Ons served very well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (10/16) on her second serve. Ons was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Shnaider
On the other side, Shnaider wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Shnaider is 1-0 for Ons.
This was the 5th career title for Ons. She won the previous title in Ningbo. (see list of titles and finals). This was Shnaider’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Tunisian in this set played much better tennis than the Russian and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Shnaider in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the Tunisian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Ons converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Jabeur was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Diana (35-25). Ons lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, Diana conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Ons won the set after she broke the Russian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Russian had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Ons converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Diana wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 41 points. The Tunisian conquered the set after winning 15 points more than the Russian (28-13). Ons surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).