Shelby Rogers conquers Liu in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Rogers ousts Liu to compete against Ana Bogdan in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Shelby Rogers vs. Claire Liu

Shelby Rogers wins against Claire Liu 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday in what was an all-American match. Rogers will play Ana Bogdan in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

Rogers
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Rogers's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rogers
Liu
Shelby Rogers
6-4 6-4
1h:35
Claire Liu
69
69
Total points
58
58
26
26
Winners
29
29
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
57%
57%
1st in
66%
66%
76%
76%
1st won
66%
66%
26/34
26/34
1st won
29/44
29/44
46%
46%
2nd won
30%
30%
12/26
12/26
2nd won
7/23
7/23
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/6
2/6
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Rogers scored 69 points vs. Liu’s 58.

Rogers

Shelby served pretty well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 46% points (12/26) on her second serve. Rogers won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Liu

On the other side, Liu had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rogers and Liu is 2-0 for Shelby.

Draw and next match H2H: Shelby Rogers vs. Ana Bogdan – stats

Rogers will play Bogdan in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Shelby Rogers and Ana Bogdan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Shelby Rogers Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rogers 6-4
RogersLiu
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
RogersLiu
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RogersLiu
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RogersLiu
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RogersLiu
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
RogersLiu
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RogersLiu
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
RogersLiu
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
RogersLiu
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
RogersLiu
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
RogersLiu
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Rogers had a strong start of this set after breaking Claire Liu in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Shelby to win the set because Liu found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Rogers kept her cool to break Claire in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Claire was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Shelby converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Liu was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).

They contested 58 points. Rogers was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Claire (34-24). Rogers dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Claire conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

2nd Set -
Rogers 6-4
RogersLiu
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RogersLiu
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
RogersLiu
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
RogersLiu
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
RogersLiu
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
RogersLiu
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
RogersLiu
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
RogersLiu
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
RogersLiu
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Rogers started the set in the best possible way after breaking Claire Liu in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Rogers to win the set since Claire succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.

Shelby converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Liu converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 69 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Shelby won barely 1 point more than Claire (35-34). Shelby surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Liu conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

1st
Rogers
Liu
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Rogers
Liu
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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