Elena Rybakina rolls past Cristina Bucsa 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Abu Dhabi on Friday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elena added to her prize money $ 27,005 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,205 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Elena will add $ 36,450 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Cristina Bucsa Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:04
At the end of the match, Elena scored 64 points vs. Bucsa’s 39.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (8/15) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Bucsa
On the other side, The Spaniard was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Bucsa is 2-0 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Rybakina will play Samsonova in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 7-67 6-3 in the semifinal in Beijing back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Cristina Bucsa in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Elena improved her lead after breaking Cristina in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Elena won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Rybakina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Rybakina won 14 points more than the Spaniard (26-12). The Kazakhstani was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Bucsa conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
The Kazakhstani won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Elena broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Rybakina converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Cristina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).
They played 65 points. Rybakina won 11 points more than Cristina (38-27). Rybakina conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-4) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-2) – H2H details and stats
