LUXEMBOURG. Elena Rybakina overcomes Paquet in the 1st round

Elena Rybakina defeats Chloe Paquet 6-2 7-6² in the 1^st round in Luxembourg on Tuesday. Rybakina will square off with Denisa Allertova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rybakina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Paquet in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for the Kazakhstani to win the set as Paquet succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Elena kept her focus to break Chloe in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Elena won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Elena won the tiebreak at 2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 74 points vs. the French Player’s 61 points.

The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (14/27) on her second serve. Rybakina was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6). On the other side, the French Player was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Next Match: Elena Rybakina vs. Denisa Allertova – stats

Rybakina will face Allertova in the 2^nd round.

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

Tennis Scores in Luxembourg

• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Monica PuigPuig – Fiona FerroFerro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Monica NiculescuNiculescu – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Chloe PaquetPaquet (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Pauline ParmentierParmentier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Antonia LottnerLottner – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-7⁴ 7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Denisa AllertovaAllertova – Mandy MinellaMinella (6-7⁷ 7-6⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kristyna PliskovaPliskova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elise MertensMertens – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (1-0) – See H2H details
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cori GauffGauff – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Misaki DoiDoi – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-1) – See H2H details
• Antonia LottnerLottner – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Monica NiculescuNiculescu – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denisa AllertovaAllertova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Monica PuigPuig – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – See H2H details