The Zarazúa-Angellica Moratelli duo lost in the ‘super tie-break’ against Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollar
The couple formed by the Polish Katarzyna Piter and the Hungarian Fanny Stollar dominated the first set, suffered in the second and reacted in the ‘super tiebreak‘ to win 1-6, 7-4 and 8-10 against the Italian Angellica Moratelli and the Mexican Renata Zarazúa and win the final of the BBVA Open Internacional de Valencia.
The Pole, who had no doubles ranking, and the Hungarian, number 307 on the WTA list, gave the Italian and the Mexican no choice in the first set. Renata Zarazúawho did not maintain a single serve and were only able to add a game by breaking their rivals’ serve.
However, Renata Zarazúanumber 176 in the doubles ranking, and Moratelli, number 754, stayed in the match in the second set despite losing the first service game, as they managed to counterattack by breaking the Hungarian’s serve in the next game and came back to do it four games later to go 6-4 and reach the ‘super tiebreak‘, to the best of ten points.
Peter and Stollar started leading and managed to get three ‘mini-breaks‘ to go 0-5, but when it seemed that the match was doomed, the Italian and the Mexican Renata Zarazúa They vindicated themselves, chained seven almost consecutive points and went 7-6.
However, the Hungarian and the Polish reacted, added two points on service and achieved a mini-break to get 8-9 and serve, with which they achieved their first doubles title.
Thus, Peter and Stollar, who although they were the second seeds of the tournament in doubles had not lifted any title in this discipline, achieved victory by repeating the same modus operandi as in the semifinals, in which they also got rid of the Australian Seone Méndez and the Russian Ekaterina Yashina in the definitive ‘super tie-break.
