Anett KontaveitEstonian, number 9 in the WTA and seeded number 2, fulfilled the forecasts by winning the round of 16 of the WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg for 6-4 and 7-5 in one hour and thirty-two minutes to the Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea, number 31 of the WTA. After this result, the Estonian manages to qualify for the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg.
During the game, the Estonian tennis player managed to break her opponent’s serve 4 times, on the first serve she had 71% effectiveness, committed a double fault and achieved 67% of the points on serve. As for the Romanian, she managed to break her opponent’s serve 2 times, she had 66% first serve, committed 2 double faults and managed to win 61% of the points on serve.
During the quarterfinals, Kontaveit will play against the winner of the match between the Swiss belinda bencic and the Slovenian tennis player Kaj Juvan.
The celebration of the tournament St. Petersburg (WTA Saint Petersburg) takes place from February 5 to 13 on an outdoor hard court. During this competition a total of 59 tennis players face each other. Its last phase is made up of 32 finalists among those who qualify directly, those who have been overcoming the previous phases of the championship and those who are invited.