Tamara Korpatsch defeated Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 in the first round of WTA Hamburg, recovering from a lopsided second set to close out the match. The German broke five times overall and won 34 service points to 31, despite both players converting the same number of break points (five).
The first set featured five breaks of serve, with Korpatsch taking a 2-0 lead, Kalinina pulling back to 2-1, and Korpatsch striking again at 3-1 and 5-1 before Kalinina held to 5-2. Kalinina dominated the second set, breaking in the second and sixth games (0-2 and 1-5) to level the match. In the decider, Kalinina broke first for 0-1, but Korpatsch responded immediately with a break at 1-1, then reeled off four straight games to seal the win.
The key difference came in the first set, where Korpatsch converted three of six break points while saving two of four. Overall, she saved 5 of 10 break points (50%), matching Kalinina's rate, but in the third set she saved none of the one break point faced while breaking twice from two opportunities.