Rebecca Sramkova prevails over Laura Siegemund 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in Jiujiang on Saturday. Sramkova will seek to keep on going in this event against Viktorija Golubic in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Highlights Rebecca Sramkova vs. Laura Siegemund Jiangxi Open – Jiujiang
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rebecca scored 92 points vs. the German’s 76.
Sramkova
The Slovakian didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Siegemund
On the other side, Siegemund wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 19% – 3/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sramkova and Siegemund is 2-0 for Rebecca.
Draw and next match H2H: Rebecca Sramkova vs. Viktorija Golubic – stats
Sramkova will face Golubic in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Rebecca Sramkova and Viktorija Golubic fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Golubic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Golubic won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in W25 Fujairah back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Sramkova won the set after she broke the German in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The German tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Sramkova managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
The Slovakian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, Siegemund converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 109 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sramkova won just 3 points more than the German (56-53). Rebecca lost 21 points on serve (29-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Siegemund conceded 27 points on serve (32-27).
Sramkova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Laura Siegemund in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Rebecca to win the set as Siegemund found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The Slovakian maintained her cool to break Laura in the 8th (6-2) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Sramkova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Rebecca converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Laura converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. Rebecca was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Siegemund (35-24). Rebecca surrendered 18 points on serve (21-18). On the other side, the German conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).
Tennis Scores in Jiujiang
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (7-64 6-2)
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H details and stats