TENNIS SCORES. Rybakina dispatches Peng in the semifinal of the Jiangxi Open

JIANGXI OPEN - NANCHANG. Rybakina dispatches Peng to compete against Rebecca Peterson in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Peng

Elena Rybakina ousts Shuai Peng 6-1 3-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Nanchang on Saturday. Rybakina will face off with Rebecca Peterson in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Rybakina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Peng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Kazakhstani managed to boost her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

2nd set.

Peng came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for the Chinese to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

3rd set.

Elena in this set played at a much higher level than Shuai and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Shuai in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Chinese was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 92 points vs. the Chinese’s 75 points.

The Kazakhstani served extremely well to win 81% of the points (38/47) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 45% points (15/33) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8). On the other side, the Chinese had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Next Match: Elena Rybakina vs. Rebecca Peterson – stats

Rybakina will fight against Peterson in the final.

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Rebecca Peterson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Nanchang

Upcoming matches

  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – See H2H details