Garbine Muguruza routs Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-4 in the 3rd round in Dubai on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match to fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Muguruza added to her prize money $ 20,500 after winning this match. She has won already $ 41,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 45,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,000 in total.
Muguruza was delighted about the result. She commented:
“From the beginning, I was there to control the score, and was taking the advantage. I think she missed, in the first set, a couple of shots here and there that gave me the extra advantage.”
Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Iga Swiatek Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 56 points vs. Iga’s 35.
Muguruza
Muguruza was effective when converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Swiatek
On the other side, Swiatek had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Muguruza and Swiatek is 1-0 for Garbine.
Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Muguruza will come up against Sabalenka in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Garbine Muguruza and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Muguruza and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Muguruza won 6-2 6-75 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven since Muguruza conceded no games to Iga before winning the set 6-0.
They played 39 points. Muguruza was the one to win the set after conquering 19 points more than the Pole (29-10). The Spaniard conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
The Spaniard won the set after she broke the Pole in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Pole tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, the Spaniard maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Muguruza dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 2-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-0) – H2H details and stats
