DUBAI RESULTS. Great Kontaveit vanquishes Cirstea in the 1st round

Anett Kontaveit clobbers Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kontaveit was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Cirstea in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Kontaveit extended her lead after breaking the Romanian in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Kontaveit won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Kontaveit clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Anett broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Sorana was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Estonian scored 63 points vs. the Romanian’s 43 points.

The Estonian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (8/14) on her second serve. Anett won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, Sorana was great in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kontaveit and Cirstea is 1-0 for Anett.

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Sorana Cirstea Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Kontaveit will face Pavlyuchenkova in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 6^th time that Anett Kontaveit and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but Pavlyuchenkova has a winning record of 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Adelaide back in January 2020.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 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
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-4 6-3) – 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
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – 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