Yue Yuan tops Elena Gabriela Ruse 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Seoul on Monday. Yuan will play Emma Raducanu or Peyton Stearns in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 3,770 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 13,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yue will add $ 11,320 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,910 in total.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 87 points vs. the Romanian’s 67.
Yuan
The Chinese served very well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (16/30) on her second serve. Yuan won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Gabriela Ruse
On the other side, the Romanian had some problems converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Yuan and Gabriela Ruse is 1-0 for Yue.
Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Emma Raducanu or Peyton Stearns – stats
Yuan will take on either Emma Raducanu or Peyton Stearns in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Emma Raducanu and 0-0 vs. Peyton Stearns.
Yue was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 52 points vs. Raducanu’s 30 points.
Live score progression and stats
Yuan was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Gabriela Ruse to win the set as Yuan found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Romanian kept her focus to break the Chinese in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Romanian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 72 points. Gabriela Ruse won 8 more points than Yuan (40-32). Gabriela Ruse conceded 15 points on serve (21-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Yue conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Yuan in this set was much more effective than the Romanian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Gabriela Ruse in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Gabriela Ruse was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Yue converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Yuan won 18 more points than the Romanian (32-14). Yue was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Yuan had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Yuan to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
The Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Yuan conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Elena (23-13). Yuan was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 7 points on serve (9-7).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
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- Yue YuanYuan – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (4-6 6-2 6-2)
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-1)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (7-5 3-6 6-0)
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jia-Jing LuLu (6-4 6-4)
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