Elena Rybakina blitzes Sara Bejlek 6-1 6-3 in the 4th round in Madrid on Monday after playing a marvellous match to square off with Yulia Putintseva in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Kazakhstani added to her prize money € 73,515 after conquering this match. She has already won € 161,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Rybakina will add € 122,635 to her earnings to get in total € 284,590 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Bejlek Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 69 points vs. Bejlek’s 52.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani was effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Bejlek
On the other side, Bejlek was struggling when converting her break points (only 13% – 2/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Bejlek is 1-0 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Rybakina will compete against Putintseva in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Putintseva won 6-2 7-65 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Sara Bejlek in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set as the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Rybakina kept her focus to break the Czech in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Rybakina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
Sara couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Rybakina converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (0-6 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Rybakina won 13 more points than Bejlek (36-23). Rybakina conceded 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the net, Sara conceded 17 points on serve (8-17).
Rybakina won the set after she broke Bejlek in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Bejlek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Rybakina refused to give way to conquer the set 6-3.
The Kazakhstani converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Bejlek converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. Elena conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Bejlek (33-29). The Kazakhstani surrendered 15 points on serve (20-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Bejlek conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (4-6 6-4 6-3)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-1 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-1 6-0)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-4)
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-0 6-4)
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (3-6 6-2 6-2)
- Madison KeysKeys – Cori GauffGauff (7-64 4-6 6-4)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-62 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (2-0) – H2H details and stats