Anastasia Potapova overcomes Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Cluj on Saturday. Potapova will have to play Lucia Bronzetti in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

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Cluj
Potapova's Record

Potapova added to her prize money $ 9,514 after winning this match. She has already won $ 21,484 after this win. If she wins the next match, Potapova will add $ 14,816 to her earnings to get in total $ 36,300 in total.

Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Potapova
Sasnovich
6-3 7-5
1h:36
78
78
Total points
56
56
24
24
Winners
28
28
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
49%
49%
1st in
71%
71%
83%
83%
1st won
53%
53%
24/29
24/29
1st won
28/53
28/53
60%
60%
2nd won
50%
50%
18/30
18/30
2nd won
11/22
11/22
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/5
2/5
36%
36%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 78 points vs. Aliaksandra’s 56.

Potapova

Anastasia served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (18/30) on her second serve. Anastasia won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Sasnovich

On the other side, the Belarussian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Sasnovich is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti – stats

Potapova will compete against Bronzetti in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Anastasia Potapova and Lucia Bronzetti fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Potapova won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Birmingham back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Potapova 6-3
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6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
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3
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15
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PotapovaSasnovich
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1
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PotapovaSasnovich
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15

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Potapova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sasnovich wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 67 points. Anastasia conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Sasnovich (38-29). The Russian surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, Sasnovich conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).

2nd Set -
Potapova 7-5
PotapovaSasnovich
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PotapovaSasnovich
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
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30
PotapovaSasnovich
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5
0
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0
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PotapovaSasnovich
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4
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0
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15
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PotapovaSasnovich
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3
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0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PotapovaSasnovich
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3
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0
30
0
30
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40
15
PotapovaSasnovich
3
3
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0
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0
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40
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PotapovaSasnovich
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2
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40
PotapovaSasnovich
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2
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0
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40
0
PotapovaSasnovich
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2
0
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15
15
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15
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40
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40
40
40
40
A
PotapovaSasnovich
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Potapova won the set after she broke Sasnovich 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sasnovich tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. However, the Russian refused to give way to win the set 7-5.

The Russian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sasnovich converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 67 points. Potapova won 13 points more than Aliaksandra (40-27). Potapova conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Sasnovich conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).

1st
Potapova
Sasnovich
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Potapova
Sasnovich
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Cluj

  • Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (4-0 ret.)
  • Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 7-5)

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