
Elena Rybakina survives Ons Jabeur 6-2 4-6 7-6(4) in the quarter in Abu Dhabi on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Rybakina will play against Belinda Bencic in the semifinal. The Kazakhstani won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Kazakhstani added to her prize money $ 30,305 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 59,000 so far in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Elena will add $ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Ons Jabeur Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Jabeur is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Belinda Bencic – stats
Rybakina will come up against Bencic in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Elena Rybakina and Belinda Bencic face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rybakina and Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rybakina won 6-4 3-1 ret. in the quarter in Chicago back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Rybakina managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Ons in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
The Kazakhstani converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Jabeur was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40) and the 9th game (1-6 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Elena was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Tunisian (30-25). The Kazakhstani surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the net, Jabeur conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Rybakina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Ons to win the set since Rybakina succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Jabeur was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Elena was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (1-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 67 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jabeur won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Rybakina (33-34). Ons lost 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the court, Rybakina conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Elena won the set after she broke the Tunisian in the 6th (4-2) game. The Tunisian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Kazakhstani didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Kazakhstani won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (5-4), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Rybakina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jabeur converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Elena won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Jabeur (42-43). Elena conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). In addition, on the other side, Ons conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 4-6 6-2)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-5 6-3)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 4-6 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Magda LinetteLinette – (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Belinda BencicBencic (1-1) – H2H details and stats