Liudmila Samsonova outpaces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday in what was an all-Russian match after playing a solid match to square off with Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Dubai
Samsonova's Record

Ludmilla added to her prize money $ 6,600 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Samsonova will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Pavlyuchenkova
6-2 6-2
1h:06
56
56
Total points
37
37
26
26
Winners
19
19
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
66%
66%
1st in
70%
70%
84%
84%
1st won
59%
59%
26/31
26/31
1st won
19/32
19/32
50%
50%
2nd won
36%
36%
8/16
8/16
2nd won
5/14
5/14
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
0/0
0/0
57%
57%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Ludmilla scored 56 points vs. Pavlyuchenkova’s 37.

Samsonova

Ludmilla served extremely well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (8/16) on her second serve. Ludmilla was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Pavlyuchenkova

On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Pavlyuchenkova is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Samsonova will take on Pegula in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 6-1 6-0 in the final in Montreal back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Samsonova 6-2
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Ludmilla in this set was much more effective than Anastasia and without too much struggle she won 6-2

after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Ludmilla won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Samsonova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Ludmilla didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 45 points. Samsonova was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Anastasia (26-19). Ludmilla lost 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Pavlyuchenkova conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).

2nd Set -
Samsonova 6-2
SamsonovaPavlyuchenkova
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2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
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30
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40
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40
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40
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15

Ludmilla in this set was much more effective than Anastasia and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Anastasia had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Samsonova converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Samsonova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Ludmilla conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Anastasia (30-18). Ludmilla surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Pavlyuchenkova conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

1st
Samsonova
Pavlyuchenkova
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Samsonova
Pavlyuchenkova
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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