Arantxa Rus victorious over Maria Timofeeva 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Hamburg on Tuesday. Rus will face off with Nadia Podoroska in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes.

Hamburg
Rus's Record

Arantxa added to her prize money € 972 after winning this match. She has already won € 3,410 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 2,170 to her earnings to get in total € 5,580 in total.

Highlights Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Timofeeva European Open – Hamburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rus
Timofeeva
6-2 4-6 6-1
2h:21
106
106
Total points
83
83
46
46
Winners
42
42
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
73%
73%
71%
71%
1st won
58%
58%
46/65
46/65
1st won
42/73
42/73
58%
58%
2nd won
44%
44%
14/24
14/24
2nd won
12/27
12/27
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
Total
1/7
1/7
27%
27%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 106 points vs. the Russian’s 83.

Rus

The Dutch won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.

Timofeeva

On the other side, Maria was struggling when converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rus and Timofeeva is 1-0 for Arantxa.

Draw and next match H2H: Arantxa Rus vs. Nadia Podoroska – stats

Rus will come up against Podoroska in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Arantxa Rus and Nadia Podoroska face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rus and Podoroska (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Podoroska won 6-4 6-76 7-5 in the quarter in W60 San Bartolome de Tirajana back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rus 6-2
RusTimofeeva
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RusTimofeeva
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RusTimofeeva
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RusTimofeeva
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RusTimofeeva
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RusTimofeeva
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
RusTimofeeva
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RusTimofeeva
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
RusTimofeeva
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

The Dutch in this set was too good for Maria and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Timofeeva in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Rus failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Maria was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Arantxa was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).

They played 53 points. The Dutch was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Russian (34-19). Arantxa conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

2nd Set -
Timofeeva 6-4
TimofeevaRus
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TimofeevaRus
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
TimofeevaRus
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TimofeevaRus
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TimofeevaRus
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TimofeevaRus
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TimofeevaRus
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TimofeevaRus
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
TimofeevaRus
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TimofeevaRus
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).

Arantxa was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Maria was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th

game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Arantxa was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 85 points. Timofeeva was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Arantxa (45-40). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (27-15). In addition, on the other side, Arantxa conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).

3rd Set -
Rus 6-1
RusTimofeeva
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RusTimofeeva
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RusTimofeeva
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RusTimofeeva
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RusTimofeeva
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RusTimofeeva
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Arantxa won the set after she broke Timofeeva in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

Maria was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1

to 6-1.

The Dutch converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Arantxa conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Timofeeva (32-19). The Dutch was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (13-3). In addition, on the other side, Timofeeva conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).

1st
Rus
Timofeeva
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Rus
Timofeeva
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Rus
Timofeeva
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

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