DUBAI RESULTS. Siniakova surprises Muchova in the 1st round

Katerina Siniakova shocks Karolina Muchova 6-4 4-6 6-0 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Tuesday. Siniakova will have to play Elena Rybakina in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Siniakova conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Muchova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Muchova broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Karolina didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Katerina won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Katerina scored 87 points vs. Muchova’s 76 points.

Katerina won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points because she converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Karolina wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Muchova is 1-0 for Katerina.

Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Karolina Muchova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Siniakova will compete against Rybakina in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Katerina Siniakova and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Siniakova and Rybakina (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

• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 4-6 6-1) – 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
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 6-1) – 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
• Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-6⁶) – 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