Arantxa Rus victorious over Maria Timofeeva 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Hamburg on Tuesday. Rus will face off with Nadia Podoroska in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes.
Arantxa added to her prize money € 972 after winning this match. She has already won € 3,410 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 2,170 to her earnings to get in total € 5,580 in total.
Highlights Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Timofeeva European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:21
At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 106 points vs. the Russian’s 83.
Rus
The Dutch won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.
Timofeeva
On the other side, Maria was struggling when converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rus and Timofeeva is 1-0 for Arantxa.
Draw and next match H2H: Arantxa Rus vs. Nadia Podoroska – stats
Rus will come up against Podoroska in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Arantxa Rus and Nadia Podoroska face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rus and Podoroska (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Podoroska won 6-4 6-76 7-5 in the quarter in W60 San Bartolome de Tirajana back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Dutch in this set was too good for Maria and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Timofeeva in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Rus failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Maria was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Arantxa was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 53 points. The Dutch was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Russian (34-19). Arantxa conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Arantxa was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Maria was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Arantxa was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Timofeeva was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Arantxa (45-40). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (27-15). In addition, on the other side, Arantxa conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).
Arantxa won the set after she broke Timofeeva in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Maria was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Dutch converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Arantxa conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Timofeeva (32-19). The Dutch was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (13-3). In addition, on the other side, Timofeeva conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
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- Arantxa RusRus – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Eva LysLys – Mayar SherifSherif (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Daria SavilleSaville – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-0 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Noma Akugue NohaAkugue Noha – Laura PigossiPigossi (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Miriam Bianca BulgaruBianca Bulgaru (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-2 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-0 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Ella SeidelSeidel (7-65 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (3-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Storm SandersSanders – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arantxa RusRus – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernarda PeraPera – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
