Iga Swiatek tops Ekaterina Alexandrova 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in the final in Seoul on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
The Pole added $ 63,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 164,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Swiatek won this match even if she won less points than the Russian (97 vs. 108).
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 43%
(3/7) of the procured opportunities.Alexandrova
On the other side, Ekaterina was pretty focused in converting 63%
of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Alexandrova is 6-2 for Iga.
This was the 25th career title for Iga. (see list of titles and finals). Ekaterina remains with 5th titles. (see list of titles and finals)