Ruthless Kontaveit trashes Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round of the Sydney Tennis Classic – SYDNEY RESULTS

SYDNEY TENNIS CLASSIC - SYDNEY DRAW AND RESULTS. Kontaveit grounds Gabriela Ruse to compete against Ons Jabeur in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

Anett Kontaveit blitzes Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Sydney on Wednesday after playing a terrific match to face off with Ons Jabeur in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kontaveit
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Kontaveit's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kontaveit
Ruse
Anett Kontaveit
6-3 6-1
1h:16
Elena Gabriela Ruse
67
67
Total points
47
47
27
27
Winners
13
13
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
69%
69%
1st in
50%
50%
73%
73%
1st won
43%
43%
27/37
27/37
1st won
13/30
13/30
35%
35%
2nd won
43%
43%
6/17
6/17
2nd won
13/30
13/30
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
Total
2/4
2/4
46%
46%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Kontaveit scored 67 points vs. Gabriela Ruse’s 47.

Kontaveit

The Estonian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.

Gabriela Ruse

On the other side, Elena didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kontaveit and Gabriela Ruse is 1-0 for Anett.

Draw and next match H2H: Anett Kontaveit vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Kontaveit will play Jabeur in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Anett Kontaveit and Ons Jabeur square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Jabeur won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Anett Kontaveit Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Jabeur had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Anett refused to bow to come back to break Gabriela Ruse 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Elena was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Estonian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Elena converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 58 points. The Estonian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Gabriela Ruse (33-25). Kontaveit surrendered 14 points on serve (18-14). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

Anett won the set after she broke the Romanian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Estonian lost a big opportunity to break the Romanian in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Gabriela Ruse was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Kontaveit converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Gabriela Ruse wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 56 points. Kontaveit was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Gabriela Ruse (34-22). Kontaveit conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, Elena conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

 

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