Superlative Rybakina wins the Bucharest Open

BUCHAREST OPEN - BUCHAREST. Rybakina claims her 1st title after beating Maria Tig in 2 sets.

Elena Rybakina in Bucharest

Elena Rybakina motors past Patricia Maria Tig 6-2 6-0 in the final in Bucharest on Sunday after playing a good match to win her 1st career title, the 1st of this season.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Elena in this set played at a much higher level than the Romanian and for that reason she won 6-2 after breaking the Romanian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

2nd set.

Maria Tig was completely overpowered and the Kazakhstani won the set 6-0.

At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 61 points vs. Patricia’s 34 points.

The Kazakhstani was sharp when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8). On the other side, the Romanian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Maria Tig is 1-0 for Elena.

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Elena Rybakina in Bucharest