Elena Rybakina aces Sofia Kenin 6-2 7-6(2) in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Rybakina will square off with Mirra Andreeva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Dubai
Rybakina's Record

Elena added to her prize money $ 97,930 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 181,400 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 170,401 to her earnings to get in total $ 351,801.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Sofia Kenin Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina
Kenin
6-2 7-62
1h:25
80
80
Total points
63
63
37
37
Winners
34
34
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
67%
67%
1st in
77%
77%
77%
77%
1st won
62%
62%
37/48
37/48
1st won
34/55
34/55
54%
54%
2nd won
44%
44%
13/24
13/24
2nd won
7/16
7/16
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
1/3
1/3
60%
60%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 80 points vs. the American’s 63.

Rybakina

Elena served extremely well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind her first serve, and she won 54%

points (13/24) on her second serve. Elena fired 17 aces and she committed 3 double faults. The Kazakhstani was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5).

Kenin

On the other side, Kenin was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Kenin is 3-0 for Elena.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Mirra Andreeva – stats

Rybakina will face Andreeva in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Rybakina won 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Beijing back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rybakina 6-2
RybakinaKenin
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
RybakinaKenin
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2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaKenin
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2
15
0
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15
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30
RybakinaKenin
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
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30
RybakinaKenin
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaKenin
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
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40
40
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40
40
40
40
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40
40
40
A
RybakinaKenin
2
1
0
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15
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40
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40
RybakinaKenin
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1
0
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0
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40

Elena in this set was more solid than Kenin and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Kenin 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Sofia was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Elena converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Sofia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (1-6 40-A).

They played 64 points. Rybakina was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the American (38-26). Rybakina conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the court, Sofia conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

2nd Set -
Rybakina 7-6
RybakinaKenin
7
6
K
1
0
R
1
1
R
2
1
K
3
1
K
4
1
R
4
2
R
5
2
K
6
2
K
7
2
RybakinaKenin
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
RybakinaKenin
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RybakinaKenin
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RybakinaKenin
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RybakinaKenin
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RybakinaKenin
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaKenin
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RybakinaKenin
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RybakinaKenin
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaKenin
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaKenin
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Rybakina won the set after she broke the American in the 4th (3-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Elena stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.

Tiebreak

Rybakina won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.

The Kazakhstani won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

Rybakina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kenin converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 40-A and 40-A).

They played 79 points. The Kazakhstani won 5 more points than the American (42-37). Elena dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, Kenin conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

1st
Rybakina
Kenin
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Rybakina
Kenin
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 7-62)
  • Clara TausonTauson – Linda NoskovaNoskova (7-64 6-4)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 7-5)

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