Elina Svitolina topples Elena Rybakina 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday. Svitolina will seek to keep on going in this event against Maria Sakkari in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Svitolina added to her prize money € 37,520 after winning this match. She has already won € 90,445 after this win. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add € 75,225 to her earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Elena Rybakina Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Elina scored 71 points vs. Rybakina’s 57.
Svitolina
The Ukrainian served pretty well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (14/24) on her second serve. Elina was pretty good at converting 50%
of the break points that she procured (2/4).Rybakina
On the other side, Elena wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Rybakina is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Svitolina will take on Sakkari in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Elina Svitolina and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Svitolina and Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Svitolina won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Tokyo back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Svitolina grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
They contested 70 points. Elina was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Kazakhstani (37-33). Svitolina dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Rybakina conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Ukrainian clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4
).The Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Elena was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Rybakina (34-25). Elina conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). In addition, on the other side, Elena conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 6-2 6-1)
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-0 4-6 6-4)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 7-63)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 6-1)
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-2 6-0)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 6-4)
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 6-4 7-66)
- Donna VekicVekic – Emma NavarroNavarro (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Ann LiLi (6-2 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-3 4-6 7-62)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-4 6-2)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-0 6-0)
- Madison KeysKeys – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 7-63)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (2-6 7-62 6-0)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (3-1) – H2H details and stats