DUBAI RESULTS. Rybakina topples Kenin in the 1st round

Elena Rybakina beats Sofia Kenin 6-7² 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Tuesday. Rybakina will play against Katerina Siniakova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kenin conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Rybakina in the 1^st 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 10^th (5-5) game. Kenin kept her cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

2^nd set.

The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke Kenin in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (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).

3^rd 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 8^th 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 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th 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 1^st 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