Elena Rybakina obliterates Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-4 in the final in Abu Dhabi on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to win her 7th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This is the first time that the Kazakhstani conquered this tournament. Her best result in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Rybakina added $ 54,345 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 142,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Daria Kasatkina Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, Elena scored 61 points vs. Kasatkina’s 40.
Rybakina
Elena was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Kasatkina is 3-2 for Elena.
This was the 7th career title for Elena. (see list of titles and finals). The Russian remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Rybakina conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Kazakhstani to win the set since Darya found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Kazakhstani kept her focus to break the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Kasatkina lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Kasatkina was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Rybakina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Elena was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Kasatkina (33-18). The Kazakhstani conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the court, Darya conceded 18 points on serve (11-18).
The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke the Russian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Darya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstani stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Elena converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kasatkina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 50 points. Elena was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Kasatkina (28-22). Rybakina dropped 13 points on serve (14-13). On the losing side, Kasatkina conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
