Elena Rybakina beats Sofia Kenin 6-72 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai on Tuesday. Rybakina will play against Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kenin conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Rybakina in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Sofia to win the set because the Kazakhstani succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. Kenin kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
2nd set.
The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke Kenin in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break resulted decisive for Rybakina to win the set because she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.
Sofia was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
3rd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Kazakhstani conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Elena scored 102 points vs. Sofia’s 94 points.
Elena won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Sofia was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Kenin is 1-0 for Elena.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Next Match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats
Rybakina will square off with Siniakova in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Elena Rybakina and Katerina Siniakova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Rybakina and Siniakova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in February 2020.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (5-7 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-72 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-63 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Alison RiskeRiske (7-63 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details
- Elise MertensMertens – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-2) – See H2H details
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (3-1) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (3-2) – See H2H details
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-2) – See H2H details
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-3) – See H2H details