Muguruza defeats Begu in the 1st round with Anisimova next. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Muguruza ousts Begu to come up against Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Garbine Muguruza overcomes Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. Muguruza will face off with Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muguruza
Dubai
Muguruza's Record

Muguruza was happy about the outcome of the match. Gabrine reached the final last week in Doha. However, she acknowledged that in Dubai it’s a completely different game. She commented:

“It definitely was a challenge, because they’re definitely different tournaments and conditions. “I’m just happy that I fought as much as I could, and closed the match in two sets.”

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Begu
Garbine Muguruza
6-3 7-5
1h:36
Irina-Camelia Begu
73
73
Total points
60
60
25
25
Winners
27
27
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
58%
58%
1st in
62%
62%
68%
68%
1st won
63%
63%
25/37
25/37
1st won
27/43
27/43
52%
52%
2nd won
31%
31%
14/27
14/27
2nd won
8/26
8/26
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
3/5
3/5
38%
38%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Muguruza scored 73 points vs. Begu’s 60.

Muguruza

The Spaniard won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Begu

On the other side, the Romanian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Begu is 4-1 for Garbine.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats

Muguruza will come up against Anisimova in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Garbine Muguruza and Amanda Anisimova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Garbine Muguruza Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Muguruza had a favorable start in this set after breaking Anisimova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set as the Romanian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Garbine maintained her focus to break the Romanian in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Anisimova had a great start in this set after breaking Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Muguruza refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Irina-Camelia 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Irina-Camelia was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

They played 82 points. Garbine conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Irina-Camelia (43-39). Garbine lost 18 points on serve (21-18). In addition, on the other side, Irina-Camelia conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

 

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