Elena Rybakina defeats the 2023 runner-up Liudmila Samsonova 6-0 4-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Rybakina will have to play Daria Kasatkina in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 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 previous results at this event.
Rybakina added to her prize money $ 36,450 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 87,655 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elena will add $ 54,345 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Liudmila Samsonova Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:51
At the end of the match, Elena scored 87 points vs. Samsonova’s 67.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Samsonova
On the other side, Samsonova was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Samsonova is 1-4 for Ludmilla.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Rybakina will play Kasatkina in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Elena Rybakina and Daria Kasatkina face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Rybakina and Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 5-7 7-5 7-68 in the quarter in Montreal back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set since the Kazakhstani conceded no games to Samsonova before winning the set 6-0.
The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.
The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Samsonova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1–6 0-40).
They played 43 points. Rybakina won 11 more points than the Russian (27-16). Rybakina dropped 7 points on serve (12-7). on the other side of the court, Samsonova conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Rybakina had a favorable start in this set after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set because the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
Samsonova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Elena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 68 points. This set was so close that, Ludmilla won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Samsonova lost 13 points on serve (21-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Elena conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
The Kazakhstani in this set played much better tennis than the Russian and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Elena converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. The Kazakhstani won 9 points more than the Russian (26-17). The Kazakhstani surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, Samsonova conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H details and stats
