Elena Rybakina rolls over Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Strasbourg on Thursday after playing a great match to clash against Nao Hibino in the semifinal.
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Elena was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Elena conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Chinese (31-20). Elena conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Zhang conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
The Kazakhstani was too good for Shuai and eventually she won 6-2. Shuai broke the Kazakhstani 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Kazakhstani broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Elena won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
They played 44 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Shuai (28-16). The Kazakhstani conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, Zhang conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
The Kazakhstani will add to her prize money € 2,061 after conquering this match. She has won already € 6,214 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 5,076 to her earnings to get in total € 11,290.
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0h:59
At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 59 points vs. Shuai’s 36.
The Kazakhstani served extremely well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (9/16) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, the Chinese was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Zhang is 2-0 for Elena.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Zhang Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Nao Hibino – stats
Rybakina will square off with Hibino in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Nao Hibino clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Rybakina won 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Nao HibinoHibino – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nao HibinoHibino – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
