Elena Rybakina prevails over the 2022 runner-up Danielle Rose Collins 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Rybakina will play Iga Swiatek in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Kazakhstani added to her prize money $ 110,325 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, Rybakina will add $ 217,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Danielle Rose Collins Australian Open – Melbourne
Rybakina ‘s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 95 points vs. Collins’s 75.
Rybakina
Elena served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (37/45) behind her first serve, and she won 65% points (20/31) on her second serve. Rybakina was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Collins
On the other side, Danielle was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Collins is 2-1 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Rybakina will play Swiatek in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 7-65 6-2 in the quarter in Ostrava back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina started the set in the best possible way after breaking Danielle Rose Collins in the 1st game (1-0). The Kazakhstani managed to boost her lead after breaking Danielle in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 47 points. Elena conquered the set after winning 15 more points than the American (31-16). Rybakina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Collins conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They played 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Collins won just 3 points more than Elena (36-33). Collins dropped 12 points on serve (28-12). On the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 8 points on serve (21-8).
Rybakina had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Danielle Rose Collins in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Kazakhstani improved her lead after breaking the American in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Rybakina won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Rybakina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Rybakina was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the American (31-19). Rybakina dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the net, Collins conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-2 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Kateryna BaindlBaindl (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Madison KeysKeys (1-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-63 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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