Elena Rybakina defeats Fernandez in the quarter to set up a battle vs Pavlyuchenkova. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

Elena Rybakina gets the better of Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Rybakina will play against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Doha

Rybakina's Record

Rybakina added to her prize money $ 85,979 after winning this match. She has already won $ 158,944 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Rybakina will add $ 149,376 to her earnings to get in total $ 308,320.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina

Fernandez

6-4 6-2
1h:34

72

72

Total points

55

55

27

27

Winners

29

29

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

53%

53%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

1

1

2

2

Double Faults

4

4

61%

61%

1st in

72%

72%

79%

79%

1st won

57%

57%

27/34

27/34

1st won

29/51

29/51

45%

45%

2nd won

35%

35%

10/22

10/22

2nd won

7/20

7/20

-- Break Points --

5/11

5/11

Total

2/6

2/6

45%

45%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, Elena scored 72 points vs. Leylah’s 55.

Rybakina

The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 45% points (10/22) on her second serve. Rybakina won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Fernandez

On the other side, Fernandez had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Fernandez is 1-0 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Rybakina will fight against Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal.

This will be the 2^nd time that Elena Rybakina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 6-7² 6-2 9-7 in the quarter in Paris back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Rybakina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Rybakina managed to stage a good comeback to break the Canadian 3 times in the 6^th (2-4), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

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

Leylah was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.

The Kazakhstani converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6^th (1-4 15-40), the 8^th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Fernandez converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (3-6 30-40).

They played 83 points. The Kazakhstani conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Leylah (45-38). Elena dropped 19 points on serve (25-19). on the other side of the court, Fernandez conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).

The Kazakhstani in this set played much better tennis than Leylah and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Fernandez 3 times in the 6^th (4-2), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Leylah was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Kazakhstani converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Rybakina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Rybakina won 10 points more than Fernandez (27-17). Elena was incredibly sharp on serve to drop not even a single point during her serving games (12-0). Regarding the other side of the net, Fernandez conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-4) – H2H details and stats
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H details and stats