Elena Rybakina overcomes Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Rybakina will face off with Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter.
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Rybakina was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Elena to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
They played 45 points. Rybakina won 11 points more than the Russian (28-17). Rybakina was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Darya conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Rybakina had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Rybakina to win the set as Darya managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
Rybakina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Darya was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They played 60 points. Elena won 8 points more than Kasatkina (34-26). The Kazakhstani dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Kasatkina conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
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At the end of the match, Elena scored 62 points vs. Kasatkina’s 43.
The Kazakhstani served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 79% points (15/19) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, The Russian was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Kasatkina is 1-1.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Daria Kasatkina Abu Dhabi Tennis Open – Abu Dhabi
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Rybakina will square off with Sabalenka in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the quarter in Wuhan back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 6-75 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sofia KeninKenin – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
