Elina Svitolina outlasts Paula Badosa Gibert 4-6 6-1 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Svitolina will engage against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Eastbourne International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 111 points vs. Badosa’s 98.
Svitolina
The Ukrainian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Badosa
On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting her break points (only 28% – 5/18). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Svitolina and Badosa is 1-0 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Svitolina will come up against Rybakina in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the final in Strasbourg back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Paula clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Badosa broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Svitolina had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
They played 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Badosa won just 3 more points than Elina (39-36). The Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (20-15). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Svitolina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Ukrainian managed to boost her lead after breaking Badosa in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when the Ukrainian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
They contested 49 points. Svitolina was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Paula (31-18). Elina lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Paula conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Svitolina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Ukrainian to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Elina kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.
Svitolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
The Ukrainian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Elina converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 10th (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They played 81 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Paula (44-37). Svitolina dropped 19 points on serve (26-19). On the losing side, Paula conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
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- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
