TENNIS SCORES. Strong-willed Rybakina survives Golubic in the quarter in Nanchang

Elena Rybakina outlasts Viktorija Golubic 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the quarter in Nanchang on Friday after winning a huge battle. Rybakina will face off with Shuai Peng in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke Viktorija 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. The Swiss tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. However, Elena kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Viktorija won the set after she broke Elena 4 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Rybakina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, Viktorija kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.

3^rd set.

Rybakina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Golubic in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Rybakina to win the set since Viktorija managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. The Kazakhstani kept her cool to break Viktorija in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (3-4), in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before managing to win the set (7-5).

Golubic had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 101 points vs. Golubic’s 99 points.

Elena won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (10/23). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t lose the concentration in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (10/18). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Next Match: Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Peng – stats

Rybakina will face Peng in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Shuai Peng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Nanchang

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Magda LinetteLinette (6-3 6-7³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Shuai PengPeng – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Shuai PengPeng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – See H2H details