
Tatjana Maria upsets Elena Rybakina 6-4 7-6(4) in the quarter in London on Friday. Maria will play against Madison Keys in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
The German added to her prize money $ 40,285 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 78,425 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, Maria will add $ 55,835 to her earnings to get in total $ 134,260.
Highlights Tatjana Maria vs. Elena Rybakina LTA London Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tatjana won this encounter even if she conquered the same amount of points of Elena (78 vs. 78).
Maria
The German was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5).
Rybakina
On the other side, the Kazakhstani was struggling when converting her break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Maria and Rybakina is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tatjana Maria vs. Madison Keys – stats
Maria will come up against Keys in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Tatjana Maria and Madison Keys fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Keys (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Keys won 7-65 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Tatjana won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani in the 4th (2-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game.
The German converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, Tatjana didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 65 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tatjana won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Rybakina (32-33). Maria conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Rybakina conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
The German won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, The German broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-4.
A defining moment of this set was when Tatjana won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.
Tiebreak
The German won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Kazakhstani won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
They contested 92 points. This set was so close that, Maria won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Tatjana conceded 27 points on serve (30-27). On the other side, Rybakina conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Tennis Scores in London
- Madison KeysKeys – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (2-6 6-3 6-4)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-3 6-3)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-2 6-4)
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Madison KeysKeys (0-3) – H2H details and stats