Katerina Siniakova victorious over Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-72 6-4 in the semifinal in the W100+H Dubai on Friday. Siniakova will have to play Sorana Cirstea in the final.
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Siniakova won the set after she broke Gabriela Ruse in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Romanian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Siniakova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the Romanian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Gabriela Ruse (32-25). Siniakova conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Elena conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Siniakova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Elena refused to bow to come back to break Siniakova in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
The Romanian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Katerina won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (2-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Romanian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, the Czech converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 92 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Siniakova (49-43). Gabriela Ruse surrendered 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the net, Katerina conceded 24 points on serve (28-24).
Siniakova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Gabriela Ruse in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Katerina to win the set as Elena managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Czech kept her focus to break the Romanian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Czech was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, the Romanian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 68 points. Katerina was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Gabriela Ruse (38-30). Katerina lost 19 points on serve (22-19). Regarding the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
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At the end of the match, Katerina scored 111 points vs. Gabriela Ruse’s 102.
Katerina was pretty focused in converting 78% of the break points that she conquered (7/9). On the other side, Elena was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Gabriela Ruse is 1-0 for Katerina.
Draw and next match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Siniakova will square off with Cirstea in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Katerina Siniakova and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Cirstea won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in New York back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in W100+H Dubai
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-3 6-72 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Polona HercogHercog (7-5 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-3) – H2H details and stats
