St. Petersburg, Russia – Estonia Anett Kontaveit, No. 9 in the world, won the St. Petersburg tournament, defeating Greece’s Maria Sakkari (7th) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in Sunday’s final on 2:57 a.m. reversing a compromised situation in the last set.
Sakkari was ahead with 5 games in 2 in the third set. Under the fatigue of a semifinal that had lasted 3 hours the day before, the Greek then collapsed. He multiplied the uncorrected mistakes and lost five games in a row and the match.
Kontaveit won the sixth title of his career at the age of 26, in his 13th final. Sakkari’s counter remains stuck in a title.
The two finalists were among the revelations of 2021, where they entered the world top-10.
