Kopp S. beat Ribeiro E. 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 in Augsburg, Germany, riding two dominant sets and a fast finish in the decider. Kopp converted five break points to Ribeiro’s two and won 85 points to 70.
Kopp opened with breaks in games two and six to take the first set 6-1. Ribeiro answered in the second, breaking in game four, but Kopp broke back in game nine before Ribeiro won the tiebreak. Kopp then broke at 2-0 in the third, was pegged back at 2-1, and finished with breaks at 3-1 and 5-1 to wrap the match 6-1.
The key number was Kopp’s edge on return: five conversions in 11 return games and 30 receiving points to Ribeiro’s 28 in one fewer return game. That outweighed Ribeiro’s second-set push and decided a tight three-setter.