Linda Noskova dispatches Lulu Sun 7-6(6) 6-4 in the final in Monterrey on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
The Czech added $ 54,345 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 142,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Linda Noskova vs. Lulu Sun Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 86 points vs. Sun’s 77.
Noskova
Linda served extremely well to win 79% of the points (34/43) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (21/36) on her second serve. Noskova won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Sun
On the other side, the Kiwi was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Noskova and Sun is 1-1
.This was the maiden title for the Czech that won her first title at the first attempt. LuluAnke lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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Noskova started the set strong after breaking Lulu Sun in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Linda to win the set as the Kiwi succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game.
The Czech converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Kiwi converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd
(0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).They played 110 points. It’s worth to point out that, Noskova won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Kiwi (54-56). The Czech dropped 23 points on serve (33-23). Regarding the other side of the net, Sun conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Linda clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, LuluAnke wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Noskova was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than LuluAnke (31-22). Noskova surrendered 7 points on serve (23-7). on the other side of the net, the Kiwi conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).