Elena Rybakina topples Kudermetova in the 2nd round to play vs Azarenka at the Berlin Ladies Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BERLIN RESULTS

Elena Rybakina downs Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Berlin on Thursday. Rybakina will clash against Victoria Azarenka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Berlin

Rybakina's Record

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Veronika Kudermetova Berlin Ladies Open – Berlin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina

Kudermetova

6-4 7-5
1h:35

76

76

Total points

63

63

31

31

Winners

32

32

41%

41%

Ratio Winners

51%

51%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

1

1

2

2

Double Faults

3

3

65%

65%

1st in

64%

64%

78%

78%

1st won

65%

65%

31/40

31/40

1st won

32/49

32/49

50%

50%

2nd won

39%

39%

11/22

11/22

2nd won

11/28

11/28

-- Break Points --

4/11

4/11

Total

2/3

2/3

36%

36%

Won

67%

67%

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At the end of the match, Elena scored 76 points vs. the Russian’s 63.

Rybakina

The Kazakhstani served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (11/22) on her second serve. Rybakina won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Kudermetova

On the other side, Veronika was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Kudermetova is 5-0 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Rybakina will compete against Azarenka in the quarter.

This will be the 5^th time that Elena Rybakina and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Rybakina won 6-4 0-6 7-6² in the semifinal in Miami back in March 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Rybakina got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Elena to win the set since Veronika found the way to break back in the 9^th (4-5) game. Elena kept her focus to break Kudermetova in the 10^th (6-4) game.

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

Veronika lost the 2^nd game (2-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 40-A), the 6^th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 9^th (3-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (3-6 40-A).

They played 71 points. Elena was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Kudermetova (38-33). Elena conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). On the other side, Kudermetova conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

Rybakina had a strong start of this set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Rybakina managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Russian in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set.

Rybakina converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (2-3 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 68 points. Rybakina conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Kudermetova (38-30). Rybakina conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

Tennis Scores in Berlin

• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-4 6-4)
• Cori GauffGauff – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-6⁶ 6-2)
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 7-5)
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (5-5 ret.)
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 7-5)
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-3 6-3)
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-7(5) 6-3 6-4)

Upcoming matches

• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6) – H2H details and stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-4) – H2H details and stats