Iga Swiatek too good for Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-2 in the final in Beijing on Sunday after playing an impressive match to win her 16th career title, the 5th of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Iga added $ 544,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 1,324,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Liudmila Samsonova China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Iga scored 56 points vs. Ludmilla’s 35.
Swiatek
Iga served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (23/27) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (9/15) on her second serve. Swiatek was fantastic in converting all the break points (4/4).
Samsonova
On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Samsonova is 3-0 for Iga.
This was the 16th career title for Swiatek. (see list of titles and finals). Samsonova remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Berlin 2021, in Washington 2022, in Cleveland 2022 and in Tokyo 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Iga in this set was much more effective than Samsonova and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Samsonova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Ludmilla was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Samsonova (34-21). The Pole conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
The Pole in this set was too strong for the Russian and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Iga was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. The Pole won 8 more points than the Russian (23-15). The Pole was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
