Unrelenting Swiatek brushes past Gabriela Ruse in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Swiatek sweeps aside Gabriela Ruse to come up against Victoria Azarenka in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse

Iga Swiatek obliterates Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Rome on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match to clash against Victoria Azarenka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. The Pole won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Swiatek
Ruse
Iga Swiatek
6-3 6-0
1h:08
Elena Gabriela Ruse
55
55
Total points
30
30
17
17
Winners
11
11
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
56%
56%
74%
74%
1st won
41%
41%
17/23
17/23
1st won
11/27
11/27
43%
43%
2nd won
24%
24%
6/14
6/14
2nd won
5/21
5/21
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
Total
2/2
2/2
58%
58%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 55 points vs. Elena’s 30.

Swiatek

Swiatek was effective when converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).

Gabriela Ruse

On the other side, the Romanian was great in converting all her break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Gabriela Ruse is 2-0 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Swiatek will take on Azarenka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Swiatek and Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-3 2-6 6-1 in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2022.

Iga Swiatek Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Swiatek was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Elena Gabriela Ruse in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Iga to win the set because Elena found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Iga kept her cool to break Gabriela Ruse in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Swiatek converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-4 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Elena (31-21). Swiatek conceded 10 points on serve (11-10). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).

Gabriela Ruse lost her way in this set and the Pole won the set 6-0.

They contested 34 points. Iga won 14 points more than the Romanian (24-10). The Pole was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Gabriela Ruse conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).

 

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