Elena Rybakina aces Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Rybakina will play Elise Mertens in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Rybakina added to her prize money € 48,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 158,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elena will add € 92,000 to her earnings to get in total € 250,000 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Arantxa Rus French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 61 points vs. the Dutch’s 47.
Rybakina
Rybakina served extremely well to win 79% of the points (34/43) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 40% points (6/15) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Rus
On the other side, Rus was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Rus is 2-1 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Elise Mertens – stats
Rybakina will compete against Mertens in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Elena Rybakina and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but Mertens has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-1 6-0 in the 3rd round in Brisbane back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Rybakina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Arantxa was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 54 points. Rybakina was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Dutch (31-23). The Kazakhstani dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, the Dutch conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
Rybakina won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Elena broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Dutch was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Rybakina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Rus was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 54 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Rus (30-24). Elena conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, Rus conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
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- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 6-4)
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Yafan WangWang (6-2 6-0)
- Elise MertensMertens – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-3)
- Madison KeysKeys – Mayar SherifSherif (6-0 7-67)
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (4-6 6-1 7-5)
- Chloe PaquetPaquet – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (3-6 7-62 7-66)
- Donna VekicVekic – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-5 6-4)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-2 6-2)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-2 6-2)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-2 6-1)
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-4)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-4)
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- Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-3 1-6 6-3)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jana FettFett (6-2 6-2)
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