Elena Rybakina defeats Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Elena scored 62 points vs. Karolina’s 46.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani served extremely well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (19/28) on her second serve. Elena won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Pliskova
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Pliskova is 3-0 for Elena.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0). That break was enough for Elena to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Rybakina converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 69 points. The Kazakhstani won 5 more points than Karolina (37-32). Rybakina dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
The Kazakhstani in this set played much better tennis than Karolina and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Karolina in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Rybakina won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Rybakina won 11 more points than the Czech (25-14). Elena was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Karolina conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (1-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-5 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-610 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 6-3 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Shelby RogersRogers – Belinda BencicBencic (0-3) – H2H details and stats
