Sebastian Korda gets the better of Flavio Cobolli 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the final in Washington on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This is the first time that Korda conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Korda added $ 172,005 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 368,585 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Flavio Cobolli Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 83 points vs. Cobolli’s 56.
Korda
Korda served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (14/22) on his second serve. Sebastian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Cobolli
On the other side, Cobolli wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Cobolli is 2-0 for Sebastian.
This was the 2nd career title for Korda. (see list of titles and finals). Flavio lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Sebastian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 2 games in the last 2 sets after winning 54 points vs. Pospisil’s 26 points.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Cobolli was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th
game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the American was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cobolli won just 3 points more than the American (31-28). Flavio dropped 10 points on serve (25-10). In addition, on the other side, Sebastian conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).
Sebastian in this set was too good for Cobolli and without many problems he won 6-2
after breaking Flavio in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.Cobolli was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Korda converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Korda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Korda was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Flavio (31-16). Korda was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
The Italian was broken 3 times and Sebastian won the set 6-0.
Korda converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Cobolli was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 33 points. Korda was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Cobolli (24-9). The American lost 5 points on serve (14-5). On the losing side, Flavio conceded 10 points on serve (4-10).