Zeynep Sonmez motors past Ann Li 6-2 6-1 in the final in Merida on Sunday after playing a good match to win her 1st career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Zeynep Sonmez vs. Ann Li Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:10
At the end of the match, the Turk scored 66 points vs. the American’s 43.
Sonmez
Sonmez was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Li
On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sonmez and Li is 1-0 for Zeynep.
This was the maiden title for the Turk that won her first title at the first attempt. Li 0th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Tenerife 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Sonmez started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ann Li in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Zeynep to win the set as Li managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Sonmez kept her focus to break Li in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Li was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Sonmez converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 76 points. Zeynep was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Li (42-34). Zeynep conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 23 points on serve (21-23).
Sonmez won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The American was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Zeynep converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Zeynep didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 33 points. Zeynep won 15 points more than Li (24-9). Sonmez was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
