Merciless Diana Shnaider conquers the title. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTERREY RESULTS

Diana Shnaider topples Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final in Monterrey on Saturday in what was an all-Russian encounter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This is the first time that Diana conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the 1^st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Shnaider added $ 63,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 164,000 in total after conquering this tournament.

Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Shnaider scored 103 points vs. Alexandrova’s 88.

Shnaider

Diana was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Alexandrova

On the other side, Alexandrova had some problems converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Shnaider and Alexandrova is 1-1.

This was the 5^th career title for Shnaider. She won the previous title in Hong Kong. (see list of titles and finals). Alexandrova remains with 5^th titles after she conquered the tournament in Shenzhen 2020, in ‘s 2022, in Seoul 2022, in ‘s 2023 and in Linz 2025. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shnaider clinched in the 4^th game (3-1) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Diana was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Alexandrova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 55 points. Diana was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Alexandrova (35-20). Diana surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Alexandrova conceded 14 points on serve (15-14

).

Shnaider had a favorable start in this set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Alexandrova to win the set since Shnaider succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (4-3) game. Alexandrova kept her focus to break Diana in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Alexandrova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4

to be broken at 15.

Shnaider was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Ekaterina was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 40-A), the 8^th (3-4 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Diana was unerring in converting all her break points in the 7^th (3-3 40-A) and the 11^th game (3-6 15-40).

They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ekaterina won just 3 points more than Shnaider (38-35). Alexandrova dropped 16 points on serve (18-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Shnaider conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).

Shnaider took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Ekaterina improved her lead after breaking Shnaider before conquering the set (6-4).

Diana was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7^th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ekaterina was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Diana won just 3 more points than Alexandrova (32-29). Diana lost 10 points on serve (21-10). On the other side, Ekaterina conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).