Camila Giorgi ousts Caty McNally 7-65 6-2 in the semifinal in Washington on Saturday. Giorgi is going to play against Jessica Pegula in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Giorgi had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking McNally in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Italian to win the set because Caty found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Camila kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
2nd set.
Camila in this set was much more effective than McNally and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Giorgi won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 70 points vs. McNally’s 55 points.
Giorgi served very well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 70% points (19/27) on her second serve. Camila won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points because she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, McNally was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Giorgi and McNally is 1-0 for Camila.
Highlights Camila Giorgi vs. Caty McNally Citi Open – Washington
Next Match: Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula – H2H and stats
Giorgi will fight against Pegula in the final.
There is no head to head record between Camila Giorgi and Jessica Pegula since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
