Iga Swiatek gets by the 2024 runner-up Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Swiatek will clash against Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. The Pole won this tournament 3 times in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Iga added to her prize money $ 97,930 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 181,400 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add $ 170,401 to her earnings to get in total $ 351,801.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 72 points vs. Rybakina’s 57.
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Rybakina
On the other side, Rybakina was battling in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Rybakina is 4-4.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats
Swiatek will compete against Ostapenko in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Iga Swiatek and Jelena Ostapenko face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ostapenko won 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the 4th round in New York back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Iga managed to boost her lead after breaking Rybakina in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Swiatek was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Rybakina was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th
game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 55 points. The Pole won 7 points more than Rybakina (31-24). The Pole surrendered 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Rybakina conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Swiatek took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 2nd
game (2-0). Swiatek managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Elena in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set.Iga missed the chance to break Rybakina in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
They contested 75 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Rybakina (41-34). The Pole conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-2)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-1)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-2 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (4-0) – H2H details and stats