LUXEMBOURG. Immense Niculescu breezes past Gabriela Ruse in the qualifications

Monica Niculescu demolishes Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-1 in the qualifications in Luxembourg on Monday after playing a good match to face off with Alison Van Uytvanck in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Niculescu started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gabriela Ruse in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Niculescu reinforced her lead after breaking Gabriela Ruse in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Gabriela Ruse lost the 2^nd game (2-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

2^nd set.

Monica won the set after she broke Gabriela Ruse 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game. That was enough for Monica to win the set since she didn’t drop her serve during the rest of the set.

Gabriela Ruse couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Niculescu scored 75 points vs. Elena’s 52 points.

Monica won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 33% (5/15). On the other side, Elena wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Niculescu and Gabriela Ruse is 1-0 for Monica.

Next Match: Monica Niculescu vs. Alison Van Uytvanck – stats

Niculescu will fight against Van Uytvanck in the 1^st round.

This will be the 4^th time that Monica Niculescu and Alison Van Uytvanck face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Van Uytvanck (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Van Uytvanck won 6-2 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Tashkent back in September 2019.

Tennis Scores in Luxembourg

• Monica NiculescuNiculescu – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Chloe PaquetPaquet – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Antonia LottnerLottner – Renata VoracovaVoracova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanie VoegeleVoegele – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elise MertensMertens – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (1-0) – See H2H details
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-4) – See H2H details
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (2-1) – See H2H details
• Cori GauffGauff – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – See H2H details
• Chloe PaquetPaquet – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fiona FerroFerro – Monica PuigPuig (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pauline ParmentierParmentier – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-2) – See H2H details
• Misaki DoiDoi – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-1) – See H2H details