Elena Rybakina aces Petra Martic 7-65 7-62 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Rybakina will seek to keep on going in this event against Simona Halep in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Martic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Kazakhstani found the way to come back to break Martic in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
2nd set.
Martic had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, Rybakina refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Petra in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Elena scored 99 points vs. Petra’s 97 points.
The Kazakhstani won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, Petra had a tough time converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Martic is 1-0 for Elena.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Petra Martic Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Next Match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Simona Halep – stats
Rybakina will face Halep in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Simona Halep face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Rybakina won 5-4 ret. in the 3rd round in Wuhan back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Barbora Krejcikova/Saisai ZhengKrejcikova/Saisai Zheng – Desirae Krawczyk/Alison RiskeKrawczyk/Alison Riske (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Petra MarticMartic (7-65 7-62) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – See H2H details
