LINZ. Rybakina downs Friedsam in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz

Elena Rybakina defeats Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Linz on Wednesday. Rybakina will fight against Jelena Ostapenko in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Rybakina conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Anna-Lena conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Friedsam broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

3^rd set.

Rybakina got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Friedsam in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Elena to win the set as the German found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. The Kazakhstani kept her cool to break the German in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

Anna-Lena had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 105 points vs. Anna-Lena’s 96 points.

Elena struck 10 aces and she committed 5 double faults. The Kazakhstani didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, the German was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Next Match: Elena Rybakina vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Rybakina will take on Ostapenko in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Linz

• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (7-6¹ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Alize CornetCornet (7-5 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Julia GoergesGoerges (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (4-6 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Kiki BertensBertens – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details