
Irina-Camelia Begu survives Anna Siskova 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the quarter in Iasi on Friday after winning a huge battle. Begu will try to keep the momentum against Jaqueline Cristian in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Irina-Camelia added to her prize money € 4,485 after winning this match. She has already won € 10,410 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Begu will add € 8,275 to her earnings to get in total € 18,685.
Highlights Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Siskova UniCredit Iasi Open – Iasi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 97 points vs. Siskova’s 88.
Begu
The Romanian was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (9/16).
Siskova
On the other side, the Czech had a tough time converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Begu and Siskova is 1-0 for Irina-Camelia.
Draw and next match H2H: Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats
Begu will take on Cristian in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Jaqueline Cristian face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Begu won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Bucharest back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Begu came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Siskova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Irina-Camelia was not done to come back to break the Czech 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Czech was powerless in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Romanian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Siskova converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 61 points. Begu conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Siskova (36-25). The Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the court, Siskova conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).
Siskova clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Siskova broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
A defining moment of this set was when Siskova won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
Siskova was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Romanian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 61 points. Anna was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Begu (34-27). Siskova dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the court, Irina-Camelia conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).
Begu conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Anna Siskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set since Siskova succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Romanian kept her focus to break Siskova in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Anyhow also the Czech won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3
Irina-Camelia converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40), the 10th (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Czech was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Begu won 5 points more than Anna (34-29). Irina-Camelia dropped 14 points on serve (15-14). On the losing side, Anna conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
Tennis Scores in Iasi
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Simona WaltertWaltert (5-7 6-1 7-5)
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Anna SiskovaSiskova (6-2 3-6 7-5)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-1 6-4)
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H details and stats




