Polona Hercog prevails over Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in the W100+H Dubai on Thursday. Hercog will face off with Sorana Cirstea in the semifinal.

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1st Set -
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Polona in this set was too strong for Rus and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Rus in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Polona won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Hercog was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Rus wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 39 points. The Slovenian conquered the set after winning 15 more points than the Dutch (27-12). The Slovenian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Arantxa conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Polona conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Hercog was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Hercog didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Hercog was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Dutch (30-24). Polona conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Arantxa conceded 10 points on serve (18-10

).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hercog
Rus
6-2 6-4
1h:18
57
57
Total points
36
36
16
16
Winners
21
21
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
36%
36%
1st in
80%
80%
94%
94%
1st won
57%
57%
16/17
16/17
1st won
21/37
21/37
70%
70%
2nd won
56%
56%
21/30
21/30
2nd won
5/9
5/9
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
Total
0/1
0/1
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Slovenian scored 57 points vs. the Dutch’s 36.

Polona served extremely well to win 94% of the points (16/17) behind her first serve, and she won 70%

points (21/30) on her second serve. Polona was great in converting all the break points (3/3). On the other side, Rus wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Hercog and Rus is 1-1 for Polona.

Draw and next match H2H: Polona Hercog vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Hercog will play Cirstea in the semifinal.

This will be the 6th time that Polona Hercog and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hercog won 3-6 7-60 6-4 in the 2nd round in Lugano back in 2019.

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