Anett Kontaveit claims sixth career title in Saint Petersburg
Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit claimed her sixth career title on Sunday with a gruelling 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 victory over top seeded Maria Sakkari in the St. Petersburg final.
Indoor wins ๐ฎ
Ostrava champion ๐
Moscow champion ๐
Cluj-Napoca champion ๐
St. Petersburg champion ๐@AnettKontaveit_ is the sixth player with 20+ consecutive indoor wins since 1989! pic.twitter.com/3W8lZ78uBC— wta (@WTA) February 13, 2022
Victory allowed Kontaveit to become just the sixth woman since 1990 to win 20 straight indoor matches.
๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ in St. Petersburg ๐
The No.2 seed @AnettKontaveit_ completes her stay in Russia with a title and 20 consecutive indoor match wins!#FormulaTX pic.twitter.com/xk4kNEUNx8
— wta (@WTA) February 13, 2022
Kontaveit needed almost three hours to take victory, recovering from a break down in both the second and third sets.
Here's to more epic finals in the future ๐@AnettKontaveit_ | #FormulaTX pic.twitter.com/kr5X2mIrea
— wta (@WTA) February 13, 2022
Of her six titles, five have come in the last seven months.
First title of 2022 ๐
Sixth career title ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ช @AnettKontaveit_ is your St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy champion! pic.twitter.com/HtviLcmakJ
— wta (@WTA) February 13, 2022
During her indoor dominance, she collected three trophies last year in Ostrava, Moscow and Cluj-Napoca.
Anett Kontaveit claimed her fourth straight indoor title by pulling off a comeback win over Sakkari at the @formula_tx ๐
How she did it ๐
— wta (@WTA) February 13, 2022
She also reached the top 10 for the first time and was runner-up to Garbine Muguruza at the WTA Finals.