Elena Rybakina hustles Jessica Pegula 7-6(3) 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami on Thursday. Rybakina will engage against Petra Kvitova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elena added to her prize money $ 309,725 after winning this match. She has already won $ 662,360 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elena will add $ 599,860 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,262,220 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Jessica Pegula Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:51
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 90 points vs. Pegula’s 76.
Rybakina
Rybakina fired 11 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Elena won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Pegula is 1-2 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Petra Kvitova – stats
Rybakina will take on Kvitova in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Elena Rybakina and Petra Kvitova square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rybakina and Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Kazakhstani was not done to come back to break Pegula 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set (7-6).
Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 15.
Elena converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-6 0-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Pegula converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 105 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Elena won just 3 points more than Pegula (54-51). The Kazakhstani lost 28 points on serve (32-28). Regarding the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).
Rybakina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, the Kazakhstani refused to bow to come back to break the American 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Jessica was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Elena converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Pegula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Rybakina was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Pegula (35-26). Rybakina conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Petra KvitovaKvitova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
