Elena Gabriela Ruse bests the 2024 runner-up Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Friday. Gabriela Ruse will face Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
The Romanian added to her prize money € 4,485 after conquering this match. She has already won € 10,410 until now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Elena will add € 8,275 to her earnings to get in total € 18,685.
Highlights Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Romanian scored 63 points vs. Bianca’s 43.
Gabriela Ruse
The Romanian was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Andreescu
On the other side, Andreescu was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Gabriela Ruse and Andreescu is 1-0 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Gabriela Ruse vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto – stats
Gabriela Ruse will square off with Cocciaretto in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Elisabetta Cocciaretto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Gabriela Ruse was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Gabriela Ruse to win the set since Bianca found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.
Gabriela Ruse failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Elena won 5 consecutive games in the 1st
set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.Elena converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Canadian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th
game (0-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).They played 53 points. Gabriela Ruse was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the Canadian (33-20). Elena conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 18 points on serve (9-18).
Gabriela Ruse had a racing start in this set after breaking Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the 2nd game (2-0). Elena managed to boost her lead after breaking Bianca before winning the set (6-4).
The Romanian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-0 40-A). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Romanian won 7 points more than Andreescu (30-23). The Romanian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Andreescu conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (5-7 6-4 6-2)
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-2 6-4)
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Suzan LamensLamens (6-2 7-64)
- Elise MertensMertens – Yue YuanYuan (6-0 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-3) – H2H details and stats