Halep beats Riske in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI RESULTS. Halep topples Riske to take on Paula Badosa Gibert or Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Alison Riske

Simona Halep conquers Alison Riske 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. Halep will square off with Paula Badosa Gibert or Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Halep won this tournament twice in 2015 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Simona Halep vs. Alison Riske Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Halep
Riske
Simona Halep
6-2 6-4
1h:11
Alison Riske
63
63
Total points
44
44
31
31
Winners
28
28
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
64%
64%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
76%
76%
1st in
68%
68%
79%
79%
1st won
74%
74%
31/39
31/39
1st won
28/38
28/38
67%
67%
2nd won
22%
22%
8/12
8/12
2nd won
4/18
4/18
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
0/2
0/2
27%
27%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 63 points vs. Alison’s 44.

Halep

The Romanian served very well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (8/12) on her second serve. Simona won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Riske

On the other side, Alison wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Halep and Riske is 4-0 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Paula Badosa Gibert or Elena Gabriela Ruse – stats

Halep will face either Paula Badosa Gibert or Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Paula Badosa Gibert and 2-0 vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse.Simona Halep Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Simona in this set played much better tennis than the American and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Riske in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Halep won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

They contested 40 points. Simona won 16 more points than the American (28-12). The Romanian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).

Halep had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Alison Riske in the 1st game (1-0). That break was enough for Halep to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Simona lost a big opportunity to break Alison in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Simona converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Riske was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 66 points. Simona was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Alison (37-29). Simona lost 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

 

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