12 match-endings in one game! Former French Open champion first reached the women's singles final of the WTA500 Series!
On January 14, Beijing time, the 2022 WTA500 series in Sydney, the Czech republic's no. 3 seed in the women's singles, kretzkova swallowed the egg in the first set, and the decider once saved 7 end points, and finally defeated the Women's Singles No. 4 seed Estonian famous Kontavit with a score of 0-6/6-4/7-6 (12), and there was no danger of reaching the final women's singles final.
Kretzkova and Kontavette had only met once before this match, a match from last year's WTA year-end finals, when Kontavit scored two straight sets to win.
Kontwirt and Kretzkova play very differently, With Kontwirt's attack more prominent, and Kretzkova's attack and defense more balanced and more delicate in technology.
In the first set, Kontawirt was full of fire on the field, after saving all 4 break opportunities in the game, she successfully cashed in all 3 break opportunities in the game, 6-0, Kontawirt won the first set.
Entering the second set, Kretzkova improved her form in time, and with the only break in the game, she won the second set 6-4, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the decider, the contest between the two sides was more anxious, Kretzkova after saving a number of final points, and finally tenaciously dragged the game into the seventh, grabbing the seventh, the two tried their best, the good balls on the field continued, the end points of the game also alternated, and finally Kretzkova seized the opportunity, she ended the game with a score of 14-12 to grab the seventh, winning this hard-won victory.
In the whole game, Kontawirt wasted a total of 7 end points, and Kretzkova finally seized the opportunity to win the game in her 5th final point, and it is rare to have so many end points in one game.
Although Kretzkova is the winner of the 2021 French Open women's singles championship, she won the first WTA500 Series women's singles final spot in her career so far with her performance over Kontavette in this match.