Elina Svitolina routs Arantxa Rus 6-0 6-1 in the semifinal in Monterrey on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Marie Bouzkova in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
This set was a no contest after Elina conceded no games to Rus before winning the set 6-0.
2nd set.
Elina won the set after she broke the Dutch in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. That was decisive for the Ukrainian to win the set because she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.
Rus was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 57 points vs. Arantxa’s 26 points.
Elina served very well to win 88% of the points (21/24) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (7/13) on her second serve. Svitolina was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, the Dutch wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Rus is 1-0 for Elina.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Arantxa Rus Abierto GNP Seguros – Monterrey
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Next Match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats
Svitolina will fight against Bouzkova in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Marie Bouzkova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bouzkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bouzkova won 6-4 4-3 ret. in the 2nd round in Guangzhou back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Arantxa RusRus (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-1) – See H2H details
