Uncompromising Yulia Putintseva wins the Rothesay Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – BIRMINGHAM RESULTS

Yulia Putintseva victorious over Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 7-6(8) in the final in Birmingham on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. This is the first time that Yulia conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Birmingham

Putintseva's Record

Highlights Yulia Putintseva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic Rothesay Classic – Birmingham

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Putintseva

Tomljanovic

6-1 7-6⁸
1h:27

72

72

Total points

53

53

24

24

Winners

31

31

33%

33%

Ratio Winners

58%

58%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

4

4

1

1

Double Faults

6

6

65%

65%

1st in

68%

68%

69%

69%

1st won

65%

65%

24/35

24/35

1st won

31/48

31/48

74%

74%

2nd won

26%

26%

14/19

14/19

2nd won

6/23

6/23

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

2/2

2/2

56%

56%

Won

100%

100%

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At the end of the match, Yulia scored 72 points vs. Ajla’s 53.

Putintseva

Putintseva was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Tomljanovic

On the other side, the Australian was exceptional in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Putintseva and Tomljanovic is 5-1 for Yulia.

This was the 3^rd career title for Yulia. She won the previous title in Budapest. (see list of titles and finals). This was Tomljanovic’s 4^th final after she lost in Pattaya City 2015, in Rabat 2018, in Seoul 2018 and in Hua Hin 2019. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Putintseva had a great start in this set after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1^st game (1-0). Putintseva extended her lead after breaking Tomljanovic in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.

Ajla was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The Kazakhstani converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40) and the 7^th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Yulia won 19 more points than Ajla (32-13). The Kazakhstani was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, the Australian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Putintseva had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Putintseva to win the set since Ajla managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Putintseva maintained her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

The Kazakhstani won 5 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 5^th (4-1), 13^th (7-6), 17^th (9-8) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 3 minibreaks in the 7^th (3-4), 11^th (6-5) and 16^th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

The Kazakhstani converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). The Kazakhstani saved 1 set point when she was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Ajla was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 30-40).

They contested 80 points. This set was so close that, The Kazakhstani won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Putintseva conceded 16 points on serve (19-16). on the other side of the court, Tomljanovic conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).