Anastasia Potapova beats Lucia Bronzetti 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the final in Cluj on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This is the first time that Potapova conquered this tournament. Her best result in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Anastasia added $ 14,816 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 36,300 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Potapova scored 89 points vs. the Italian’s 74.
Potapova
Anastasia won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Bronzetti
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Bronzetti is 5-0 for Anastasia.
This was the 3rd career title for Potapova. She won the previous title in Linz. (see list of titles and finals). Lucia 3rd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
The Russian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 52 points vs. ‘s 35 points.
Live score progression and stats
Lucia won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Italian broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Anastasia was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Lucia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 2nd
(1-1 30-40), the 6th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).They contested 76 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Anastasia (40-36). The Italian dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, Potapova conceded 21 points on serve (25-21
).The Russian was far too good to concede barely 1 game before breaking Lucia 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Lucia was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Russian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Potapova won 14 points more than Bronzetti (27-13). Potapova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Bronzetti conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Potapova had a strong start of this set after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Potapova to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Anastasia converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Anastasia didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. The Russian won 5 more points than Lucia (26-21). Anastasia conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Lucia conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).