Elena Gabriela Ruse topples Oceane Dodin 6-7(4) 7-6(0) 6-1 in the semifinal in Palermo on Saturday. Gabriela Ruse will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Danielle Rose Collins in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Romanian added to her prize money € 5,080 after winning this match. She has won already € 13,224 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elena will add € 10,324 to her earnings to get in total € 23,548 in total.
Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Oceane Dodin Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:59
At the end of the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 135 points vs. Dodin’s 115.
Gabriela Ruse
Gabriela Ruse won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 31% (8/26) of the procured opportunities.
Dodin
On the other side, Oceane was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (6/12). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Gabriela Ruse and Dodin is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Gabriela Ruse will square off with Rose Collins in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Gabriela Ruse and Danielle Rose Collins fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gabriela Ruse won 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the quarter in Hamburg back in July 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Oceane won the set after she broke Gabriela Ruse 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nevertheless, Dodin managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
Dodin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
They contested 108 points. This set was so close that, Oceane won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Oceane surrendered 36 points on serve (37-36). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Gabriela Ruse conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Oceane Dodin in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Gabriela Ruse to win the set because Dodin managed to break back in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Gabriela Ruse kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.
The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Gabriela Ruse won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Gabriela Ruse converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Dodin converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 91 points. Gabriela Ruse was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Oceane (49-42). Elena conceded 24 points on serve (27-24). On the losing side, the French player conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
Gabriela Ruse didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Oceane Dodin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Romanian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Oceane in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Gabriela Ruse won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
They contested 53 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than Oceane (35-18). The Romanian surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, Oceane conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Oceane DodinDodin (6-74 7-60 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-1) – H2H details and stats
