Elina Svitolina surprises Burel at the semifinal to collide vs Blinkova. HIGHLIGHTS – STRASBOURG RESULTS

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG - STRASBOURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina shocks Burel to take on Anna Blinkova in the final

By
Luke Meyer
-
Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Clara Burel

Elina Svitolina stuns Clara Burel 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Strasbourg on Friday. Svitolina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Anna Blinkova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Ukrainian won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Svitolina
Strasbourg
Svitolina's Record

Elina added to her prize money € 7,780 after conquering this match. She has already won € 17,590 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add € 12,170 to her earnings to get in total € 29,760 in total.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Clara Burel Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Burel
Elina Svitolina
4-6 7-5 6-3
2h:20
Clara Burel
107
107
Total points
98
98
41
41
Winners
34
34
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
68%
68%
1st in
53%
53%
65%
65%
1st won
58%
58%
41/63
41/63
1st won
34/59
34/59
37%
37%
2nd won
43%
43%
11/30
11/30
2nd won
23/53
23/53
-- Break Points --
8/16
8/16
Total
6/16
6/16
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 107 points vs. Burel’s 98.

Svitolina

Svitolina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (8/16).

Burel

On the other side, the French player wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 6/16). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Svitolina and Burel is 2-0 for Elina.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Blinkova – stats

Svitolina will fight against Blinkova in the final.

There is no head to head record between Elina Svitolina and Anna Blinkova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Burel 6-4
BurelSvitolina
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BurelSvitolina
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BurelSvitolina
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BurelSvitolina
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
BurelSvitolina
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
BurelSvitolina
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BurelSvitolina
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BurelSvitolina
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BurelSvitolina
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
BurelSvitolina
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
BurelSvitolina
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Svitolina had a racing start in this set after breaking Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Clara to win the set since Elina succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Clara maintained her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Burel failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

Clara was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Svitolina was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 84 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Svitolina (45-39). Clara conceded 25 points on serve (30-25). On the losing side, Elina conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

2nd Set -
Svitolina 7-5
SvitolinaBurel
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SvitolinaBurel
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SvitolinaBurel
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SvitolinaBurel
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
SvitolinaBurel
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SvitolinaBurel
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaBurel
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaBurel
2
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SvitolinaBurel
1
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SvitolinaBurel
1
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SvitolinaBurel
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
SvitolinaBurel
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Elina won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, Svitolina broke back 3 times in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

A defining moment of this set was when Svitolina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 1-4 to 5-4.

The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 8th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 11th (5-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 74 points. Svitolina conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Burel (42-32). The Ukrainian dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). On the other side, Clara conceded 21 points on serve (17-21).

3rd Set -
Svitolina 6-3
SvitolinaBurel
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SvitolinaBurel
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SvitolinaBurel
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SvitolinaBurel
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
SvitolinaBurel
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SvitolinaBurel
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SvitolinaBurel
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SvitolinaBurel
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Svitolina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Clara Burel in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Svitolina managed to stage a great comeback to break Burel in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Svitolina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Clara converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 47 points. Elina conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the French player (26-21). Svitolina conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). In addition, on the other side, Clara conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).

1st
Svitolina
Burel
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Svitolina
Burel
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Svitolina
Burel
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Strasbourg

Upcoming matches