French Open 2024: Elena Rybakina defeats Rus, reaches third round
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina reached the 2024 French Open third round after beating Arantxa Rus. The Kazakhstan star claimed a 6-3, 6-4 win in the women's singles second-round clash after over an hour. Rybakina bounced back in the second set after Rus broke her serve at 4-2. The former broke twice thereafter. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, now has 11 wins at Roland Garros.
A look at match stats
Rybakina won a total of 61 points and 28 winners throughout the match. She served eight aces compared to Rus's one. The former had a win percentage of 79 and 40 in the first and second serves, respectively. She won 11 of her 16 net points. Rybakina (20) had more unforced errors than Rus (6). The latter recorded three double-faults.
40th win at Grand Slams
Rybakina has reached the third round at Roland Garros for the fourth straight season. She finished as the quarter-finalist in the 2021 edition. Rybakina pulled out of her third-round clash at the 2023 French Open due to illness. She reached the second round in 2020 and the third round in 2022. Rybakina is now 40-16 at Grand Slams.
11 wins each at French Open and Australian Open
Rybakina now has a win-loss record of 11-4 at the French Open. She also has 10+ wins at the Australian Open (11-5) and Wimbledon (14-2). Notably, Rybakina has a poor record at the US Open (4-5).
10th clay-court win in 2024
Earlier this year, Rybakina won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on the clay court before reaching the Madrid Open semi-final. She now has a 10-1 win-loss record on clay courts in 2024.
