Ekaterina Alexandrova gets by Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Shenzhen on Friday. Alexandrova will play against Elena Rybakina in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Alexandrova won the set after she broke Garbine in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Alexandrova didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

Alexandrova had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Muguruza in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Alexandrova to win the set because the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Ekaterina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 71 points vs. the Spaniard’s 52 points.

Alexandrova served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (7/14

) on her second serve. Ekaterina was effective when converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7). On the other side, the Spaniard was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Muguruza is 1-1.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Garbine Muguruza Shenzhen Open – Shenzhen

Next Match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Alexandrova will compete against Rybakina in the final.

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

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen

  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova – Sharon Fichman/Miyu KatoFichman/Miyu Kato (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details

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