DUBAI RESULTS. Kontaveit downs Pavlyuchenkova in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships

Anett Kontaveit hustles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6⁵ 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Kontaveit will engage against Petra Martic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Pavlyuchenkova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kontaveit in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Kontaveit was not done to come back to break Anastasia 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

2^nd set.

Anett clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 8^th (3-5) game, Kontaveit broke back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Anastasia was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kontaveit scored 77 points vs. Anastasia’s 74 points.

The Estonian was well focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, the Russian was pretty good in converting 80% of the break points that she procured points (4/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kontaveit and Pavlyuchenkova is 4-2 for Anett.

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Petra Martic – stats

Kontaveit will take on Martic in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Anett Kontaveit and Petra Martic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia Kenin/Bethanie Mattek-SandsKenin/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Kveta Peschke/Demi SchuursPeschke/Demi Schuurs (0-6 6-0 10-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-6 6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Simona HalepHalep – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – See H2H details
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details