Once upon a time, It was also difficult for Cantawirt to win the final.
From 2017 to October 2021, the Estonian reached the WTA Tour final eight times, winning five of them and finishing runners-up three times.
Judging from the probability of winning the championship, it seems to be decent. A large part of this is due to her lack of killer skills in terms of technical composition.
But that all seems to have changed since working with a new coach in the summer of 2021. Judging from the style of play, Kontawirt's batting is more powerful and the playing style is more positive.
In August 2021, she won five consecutive games in Cleveland to win the championship. She has since won the Ostrava Open, the Kremlin Cup and the Transylvanian Open.
Moving on to 2022, Cantawirt's world singles ranking has soared to No. 9 in the world. At the St. Petersburg Open, which ended on February 14, Beijing time, she won her first singles title and fourth indoor title of the new season, and her indoor winning streak has expanded to 20, becoming the second player with a 20-game winning streak since Henin won 22 consecutive wins between Stuttgart in 2007 and Stuttgart in 2010.
As the no. 2 seed of the tournament, After 2 hours and 57 minutes of hard work in three sets, Kontavit successfully defeated the top seed, Greek macho Sakkari, after 20 consecutive wins in indoor hard courts, he won the sixth Women's Singles Championship of his career and the fifth time in half a year.
In the first set, Kontawirt took the lead and took a 5-2 lead at the beginning, but Sakkari began to fight back fiercely, and finally won five consecutive sets to unexpectedly win the first set 7-5.
Entering the second set, the Estonian was not discouraged, but became more and more frustrated, faced with adversity, quickly made adjustments in the unfavorable situation of the opening 0-2 break, and won 7-4 in the seventh set to win a set back.
In the third set, Kontawirt was once again in trouble. At one point, Sakkari took a 5-2 lead, but Kontawirt then won five consecutive sets to win the decider 7-5 and complete the reversal to lock up the women's singles title in St. Petersburg.
On the record, with this reversal, Kontawirt led the opponent 7-6. After the premature exit of the second round of this year's Australian Open, the outside world began to worry that Contavit would fall into a long trough. However, judging from her performance in the final last weekend, she obviously adjusted quickly after losing the competition, and at the same time dispelled the doubts of the outside world. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)