Jasmine Paolini bests Elena Rybakina 7-6(5) 6-4 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Saturday. Paolini will seek to keep on going in this event against Aryna Sabalenka in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paolini scored 81 points vs. Elena’s 75.
Paolini
Paolini won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Rybakina
On the other side, Rybakina was battling in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Paolini and Rybakina is 3-2 for Jasmine.
Draw and next match H2H: Jasmine Paolini vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Paolini will fight against Sabalenka in the Round Robin.
This will be the 5th time that Jasmine Paolini and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Paolini and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-4 7-64 in the 3rd round in Beijing back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after she broke Elena in the 6th (4-2) game. The Kazakhstani tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Paolini didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.
They played 108 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jasmine won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Elena (52-56). The Italian surrendered 27 points on serve (37-27). Regarding the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Italian grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Italian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Elena wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 49 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Kazakhstani (29-20). The Italian conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Rybakina conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-4)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
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