Elena Rybakina beats Ons Jabeur 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Wuhan on Tuesday. Rybakina will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Simona Halep in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Rybakina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more work to do for Rybakina to win the set as the Tunisian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Rybakina maintained her cool to break the Tunisian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Tunisian lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
2nd set.
Jabeur won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Tunisian broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
3rd set.
Elena in this set didn’t concede much to the Tunisian and therefore she won 6-2 after breaking Jabeur in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Statistics
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Jabeur is 2-0 for Elena.
Next Match: Elena Rybakina vs. Simona Halep – stats
Rybakina will come up against Halep in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Simona Halep since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Simona HalepHalep – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-1 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Polona HercogHercog (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
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