Elena Rybakina downs Katie Volynets 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Rybakina will try to keep the momentum against Ons Jabeur in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Elena won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Abu Dhabi
Rybakina's Record

The Kazakhstani added to her prize money $ 12,995 after winning this match. She has already won $ 28,695 after this win. If she wins the next match, Rybakina will add $ 30,305 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,000 in total.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Katie Volynets Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina
Volynets
2-6 6-4 6-4
2h:27
99
99
Total points
104
104
40
40
Winners
50
50
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
1
1
57%
57%
1st in
74%
74%
69%
69%
1st won
67%
67%
40/58
40/58
1st won
50/75
50/75
40%
40%
2nd won
37%
37%
17/43
17/43
2nd won
10/27
10/27
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
4/11
4/11
31%
31%
Won
36%
36%
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Rybakina won this contest even if she scored less points than Katie (99 vs. 104).

Rybakina

Elena won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Volynets

On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Volynets is 2-0 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Rybakina will come up against Jabeur in the quarter.

This will be the 6th time that Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Jabeur won 6-75 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in London back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Volynets 6-2
VolynetsRybakina
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
VolynetsRybakina
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VolynetsRybakina
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VolynetsRybakina
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
VolynetsRybakina
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
VolynetsRybakina
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VolynetsRybakina
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
VolynetsRybakina
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
VolynetsRybakina
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Rybakina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Katie to win the set since Rybakina found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Katie kept her cool to break the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Volynets won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Katie was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Elena was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 71 points. Volynets won 5 more points than Elena (38-33). Volynets conceded 17 points on serve (21-17

). In addition, on the other side, Elena conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
2nd Set -
Rybakina 6-4
RybakinaVolynets
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaVolynets
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RybakinaVolynets
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaVolynets
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
RybakinaVolynets
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
RybakinaVolynets
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RybakinaVolynets
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RybakinaVolynets
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
RybakinaVolynets
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RybakinaVolynets
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Elena clinched in the 10th game (6-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

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

Rybakina converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 63 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Elena won only 1 point more than the American (32-31). Rybakina dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). On the other side, Katie conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).

3rd Set -
Rybakina 6-4
RybakinaVolynets
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaVolynets
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RybakinaVolynets
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RybakinaVolynets
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RybakinaVolynets
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
RybakinaVolynets
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaVolynets
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
RybakinaVolynets
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaVolynets
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Rybakina had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Kazakhstani to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Rybakina kept her cool to break Katie in the 10th (6-4) game.

The Kazakhstani converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, Elena won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Volynets (34-35). The Kazakhstani surrendered 16 points on serve (19-16). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

1st
Rybakina
Volynets
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rybakina
Volynets
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Rybakina
Volynets
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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  • Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (1-6 7-5 6-4)
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  • Magda LinetteLinette – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-7 4-1 ret.)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katie VolynetsVolynets (2-6 6-4 6-4)

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