Elena Gabriela Ruse stuns Danka Kovinic 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in the W100+H Dubai on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Katerina Siniakova in the semifinal.
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Elena was too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Danka 3 times and conquer the set 6-1.
The had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Elena converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. The Romanian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Danka (26-13). Gabriela Ruse was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (13-3). In addition, on the other side, Danka conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Gabriela Ruse was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Kovinic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for the Romanian to win the set because the managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Elena kept her focus to break Danka in the 10th (6-4) game.
Gabriela Ruse converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Danka was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 67 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Kovinic (37-30). The Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, Danka conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
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At the end of the match, Gabriela Ruse scored 63 points vs. the ‘s 43.
Elena served very well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (12/21) on her second serve. Gabriela Ruse was sharp when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7). On the other side, Danka was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Gabriela Ruse and Kovinic is 1-0 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats
Gabriela Ruse will fight against Siniakova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Katerina Siniakova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Arantxa RusRus (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-65 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Polona HercogHercog (3-2) – H2H details and stats
