Veronika Kudermetova aces Kostyuk in the semifinal. INTERVIEW, HITHLIGHTS – ABU DHABI RESULTS

Veronika Kudermetova dispatches Marta Kostyuk 7-6⁸ 6-4 in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Kudermetova will square off with Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

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Veronika won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game, Veronika broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (4-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 10-8.

There was an important spell in this set when Veronika won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to bring the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.

Tiebreak

Veronika won 7 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 8^th (4-4), 9^th (5-4), 12^th (6-6), 13^th (7-6), 17^th (9-8) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Ukrainian won 5 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 7^th (4-3), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 14^th (7-7) point.

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

They contested 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, Veronika won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Marta (44-48). The Russian dropped 24 points on serve (24-24). On the losing side, Marta conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).

Kudermetova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kostyuk in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Kudermetova to win the set because Marta managed to break back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. The Russian kept her focus to break Marta in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

They played 63 points. Veronika won 9 more points than Marta (36-27). Kudermetova dropped 16 points on serve (19-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kudermetova

Kostyuk

7-6⁸ 6-4
1h:43

80

80

Total points

76

76

27

27

Winners

28

28

34%

34%

Ratio Winners

37%

37%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

6

6

4

4

Double Faults

6

6

47%

47%

1st in

66%

66%

68%

68%

1st won

61%

61%

27/40

27/40

1st won

28/46

28/46

39%

39%

2nd won

29%

29%

18/46

18/46

2nd won

7/24

7/24

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

4/6

4/6

56%

56%

Won

67%

67%

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At the end of the match, Kudermetova scored 80 points vs. Marta’s 76.

Veronika was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9). On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Kudermetova and Kostyuk is 1-0 for Veronika.

Kudermetova’s Interview

Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Kudermetova will compete against Sabalenka in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Antalya back in 1970.

Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-6⁸ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H details and stats