Moyuka Uchijima stuns Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. Uchijima will have to play Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Uchijima 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, the Japanese will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.
Highlights Moyuka Uchijima vs. Jelena Ostapenko Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Moyuka scored 75 points vs. Ostapenko’s 60.
Uchijima
The Japanese won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Ostapenko
On the other side, Ostapenko was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Uchijima and Ostapenko is 1-0 for Moyuka.
Draw and next match H2H: Moyuka Uchijima vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Uchijima will fight against Rybakina in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Moyuka Uchijima and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Uchijima started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Uchijima to win the set because the Latvian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Moyuka maintained her cool to break the Latvian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Moyuka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Jelena couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Moyuka converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jelena converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Uchijima conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Ostapenko (41-31). The Japanese dropped 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the net, the Latvian conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
Uchijima overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0
. However, that was not enough for Moyuka to win the set since the Latvian found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.Moyuka converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ostapenko was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 15-40).
They contested 63 points. Uchijima was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Ostapenko (34-29). Uchijima lost 8 points on serve (14-8
). On the other side, Jelena conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).Tennis Scores in Dubai
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