St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2022 FINALS : Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit Prediction, Head to Head, Preview and Live Stream Details
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Anett Kontaveit vs Maria Sakkari
It is the battle of the top seeds in the finals of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2022, as top seed Maria Sakkari will square off against 2nd seed Anett Kontaveit.
Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit : Match Details
- Tournament: St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2022
- Date: February 13th, 2022
- Match: Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit
- Round: Finals
- Venue: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Surface: Hard Court
- Prize Money: $ 108,000
Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit : Preview
Maria Sakkari overcame a second-set stumble to eventually prevail over Irina Begu 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in a grueling 3 hours and 4 minutes. They traded breaks of serve in the final set, but Sakkari got the decisive break and wrapped up the match in the next game to book her place in the finals. This is her first final since September last year, which was coincidentally against Konatveit in the Ostrava Open, where Sakkari lost in straight sets.
Anett Kontaveit continued her impressive run with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko. The Estonian was trailing 0-3 in the first set but pegged back to win six games in a row to clinch the set. After a tricky first-round encounter where she needed 2 hours to prevail over Jil Teichman, Kontaveit won her next rounds in straight sets to advance to her fifth consecutive indoor finals.
Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit : Head-to-Head
This will be the 12th meeting of the duo. Their head-to-head currently stands at 6-6. Their previous match-up was in the semis of the WTA Finals last year which Kontaveit won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit : Prediction
Kontaveit and Sakkari are familiar with each others playing styles after having built up quite the rivalry over the years. This will be a high octane contest as both of them are top-10 players and there is very little separating them. It is all square in the head-to-head, and both of them dropped only one set en route to the final. But Sakkari fails to deliver in clutch moments and has a 4-15 record in semis, a 1-2 record in finals.
Whereas Kontaveit is on an incredible 19 matches winning streak at the indoor tournaments and has won 4 out of her last 5 finals. Kontaveit is a slight favorite going into this match, given her incredible record in hardcourt finals.
Prediction: Kontaveit to win in three sets
Maria Sakkari vs Anett Kontaveit : Broadcast and Live Stream Details
- USA- Tennis Channel
- Australia– beIN
- UK and Ireland- Amazon Prime
- The Middle East and North Africa- beIN Sports
- Central America- ESPN
- Caribbean Islands- Sportsmax
- South America and Oceania- ESPN International
- Canada- TSN, and DAZN
- Sub-Saharan Africa- SuperSport
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