Elina Svitolina blitzes the 2024 runner-up Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday after playing a remarkable match. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. The Ukrainian won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Svitolina added to her prize money $ 6,600 after winning this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Elina scored 57 points vs. Kalinskaya’s 40.
Svitolina
Svitolina served pretty well to win 75% of the points (15/20) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 44% points (11/25) on her second serve. The Ukrainian was well focused in converting 86% of the break points that she conquered (6/7).
Kalinskaya
On the other side, the Russian was fantastic in converting all her break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Kalinskaya is 2-0 for Elina.
Live score progression and stats
Svitolina had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Kalinskaya in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Svitolina managed to stage a good comeback to break the Russian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Russian was completely outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Svitolina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).
They played 46 points. Svitolina conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Kalinskaya (26-20). The Ukrainian lost 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
The Ukrainian was in much better shape than Kalinskaya and finally she won 6-2. The Russian broke Elina 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Svitolina broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).
Svitolina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th
game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Kalinskaya was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-4 0-40).They played 51 points. Elina won 11 more points than Kalinskaya (31-20). Elina surrendered 8 points on serve (12-8). In addition, on the other side, Anna conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).
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