Determined Svitolina outlasts Alexandrova in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – ABU DHABI RESULTS

Elina Svitolina outlasts Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-7⁵ 7-6⁸ in the 3^rd round in Abu Dhabi on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Svitolina will engage against Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter.

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Svitolina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Svitolina to win the set as the Russian managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Svitolina maintained her focus to break Alexandrova in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

There was an important spell in this set when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

They played 50 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Ekaterina (32-18). Elina conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Svitolina had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Ekaterina refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Svitolina 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Ekaterina won 5 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 7^th (3-4), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Svitolina won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (3-2) and 9^th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

They contested 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexandrova won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Ukrainian (40-42). Ekaterina surrendered 19 points on serve (16-19). on the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).

Elina won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Elina broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 10-8.

Tiebreak

The Ukrainian won 5 minibreaks in the 9^th (4-5), 12^th (6-6), 14^th (7-7), 15^th (8-7) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, Alexandrova won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 6^th (4-2), 11^th (6-5) and 16^th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

They contested 91 points. Elina was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Russian (48-43). Svitolina lost 17 points on serve (29-17). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina

Alexandrova

6-2 6-7⁵ 7-6⁸
2h:31

124

124

Total points

106

106

48

48

Winners

34

34

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

32%

32%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

1

1

4

4

Double Faults

8

8

57%

57%

1st in

52%

52%

72%

72%

1st won

58%

58%

48/67

48/67

1st won

34/59

34/59

40%

40%

2nd won

43%

43%

20/50

20/50

2nd won

23/54

23/54

-- Break Points --

7/13

7/13

Total

5/19

5/19

54%

54%

Won

26%

26%

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At the end of the match, Elina scored 124 points vs. the Russian’s 106.

The Ukrainian was sharp when converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13). On the other side, Alexandrova was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 26% – 5/19). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Alexandrova is 2-0 for Elina.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Abu Dhabi Tennis Open – Abu Dhabi

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Svitolina will square off with Kudermetova in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Elina Svitolina and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kudermetova won 6-2 1-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Moscow back in 2019.

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