Merciless Elena Gabriela Ruse sweeps aside Masarova in the semifinal to play vs Korpatsch. HIGHLIGHTS – CLUJ RESULTS

TRANSYLVANIA OPEN - CLUJ-NAPOCA DRAW AND RESULTS. Gabriela Ruse surprises Masarova to play Tamara Korpatsch in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Rebeka Masarova

Elena Gabriela Ruse upsets Rebeka Masarova 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in Cluj on Saturday after playing an extraordinary match to play Tamara Korpatsch in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gabriela Ruse
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Gabriela Ruse's Record

Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Rebeka Masarova Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruse
Masarova
Elena Gabriela Ruse
6-1 6-4
1h:21
Rebeka Masarova
65
65
Total points
43
43
18
18
Winners
13
13
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
69%
69%
1st in
58%
58%
55%
55%
1st won
37%
37%
18/33
18/33
1st won
13/35
13/35
67%
67%
2nd won
40%
40%
10/15
10/15
2nd won
10/25
10/25
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
Total
3/5
3/5
64%
64%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Elena scored 65 points vs. the Spaniard’s 43.

Gabriela Ruse

Gabriela Ruse was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).

Masarova

On the other side, Masarova was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Gabriela Ruse and Masarova is 1-0 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Tamara Korpatsch – stats

Gabriela Ruse will square off with Korpatsch in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Elena Gabriela Ruse and Tamara Korpatsch square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gabriela Ruse (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gabriela Ruse won 7-65 0-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Prague back in 2020.

Elena Gabriela Ruse Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Ruse 6-1
RuseMasarova
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RuseMasarova
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RuseMasarova
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuseMasarova
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuseMasarova
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuseMasarova
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuseMasarova
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuseMasarova
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Gabriela Ruse was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Rebeka Masarova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set as Rebeka found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Elena maintained her cool to break Masarova in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.

Masarova was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Gabriela Ruse converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Masarova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-3 30-40) and the 8th game (0-6 30-40).

They contested 47 points. Gabriela Ruse was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Masarova (31-16). The Romanian dropped 9 points on serve (12-9). on the other side of the court, Rebeka conceded 19 points on serve (7-19).

2nd Set -
Ruse 6-4
RuseMasarova
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RuseMasarova
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RuseMasarova
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuseMasarova
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuseMasarova
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
RuseMasarova
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuseMasarova
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RuseMasarova
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuseMasarova
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Gabriela Ruse won the set after she broke Masarova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Gabriela Ruse didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.

Elena converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Rebeka converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 61 points. Gabriela Ruse was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Masarova (34-27). The Romanian conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Masarova conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).

1st
Ruse
Masarova
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Ruse
Masarova
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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