STRASBOURG STATS. Rybakina topples Cornet in the 2nd round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg. HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG - STRASBOURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Rybakina topples Cornet to come up against Shuai Zhang in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Alize Cornet

Elena Rybakina aces Alize Cornet 6-3 7-68 in the 2nd round in Strasbourg on Tuesday. Rybakina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Shuai Zhang in the quarter.

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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Elena conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

Rybakina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Cornet in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Rybakina to win the set since the French player managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The Kazakhstani kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

Rybakina won 4 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (5-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-c

The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). The Kazakhstani saved 4 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 6-7 down. Also, on the other side, Alize converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).

They contested 103 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Elena won barely 1 point more than Cornet (52-51). Elena conceded 23 points on serve (31-23). on the other side of the court, Alize conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).

The Kazakhstani will add to her prize money € 806 after winning this match. She has won already € 4,153 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 2,061 to her earnings to get in total € 6,214 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults and breaks

Rybakina
Cornet
Elena Rybakina
6-3 7-68
Alize Cornet
82
82
Total points
73
73
29
29
Winners
28
28
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
50%
50%
1st in
56%
56%
71%
71%
1st won
68%
68%
29/41
29/41
1st won
28/41
28/41
56%
56%
2nd won
47%
47%
23/41
23/41
2nd won
15/32
15/32
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
2/7
2/7
38%
38%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 82 points vs. the French player’s 73.

Rybakina won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Alize was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Cornet is 2-0 for Elena.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Alize Cornet Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Zhang – stats

Rybakina will come up against Zhang in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Shuai Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Rybakina won 7-67 6-3 in the final in Hobart back in January 2020.

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