Elina Svitolina outlasts Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-75 7-68 in the 3rd 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 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Svitolina to win the set as the Russian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Svitolina maintained her focus to break Alexandrova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (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 1st 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 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Ekaterina refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Svitolina 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Ekaterina won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Svitolina won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2) and 9th (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 3rd (1-2) game, Elina broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 10-8.

Tiebreak

The Ukrainian won 5 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Alexandrova won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5) and 16th (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 2nd 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 2nd round in Moscow back in 2019.

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