Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina storms past Ruse to reach second round
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina stormed past Elena-Gabriela Ruse to reach the 2024 Wimbledon second round. Rybakina claimed a 6-3, 6-1 win over the Romanian player in the first-round women's singles clash in over an hour. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, has qualified for this stage for the fourth successive year. She reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year. Here are the key stats.
A look at match stats
Rybakina won a total of 64 points and 16 winners throughout the match. Rybakina served three aces to Ruse's two. The former had a win percentage of 92 and 41 in the first and second serves, respectively. She won 11 of her 15 net points. Ruse (25) had more unforced errors than Rybakina (18). The former recorded seven double-faults.
Rybakina at Wimbledon
As mentioned, Rybakina has reached the second round at Wimbledon for the fourth consecutive year. In 2022, Rybakina defeated Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the women's singles final to win the Wimbledon title. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to win a Grand Slam title. However, Jabeur avenged this defeat in the quarter-finals of 2023 Wimbledon. Rybakina is now 15-2 at Wimbledon.
Fourth-best win percentage among women at Wimbledon
Rybakina now has win percentage of 88.2 at Wimbledon, now the fourth-best among women in the Open Era. As per Opta, she is only behind Ann Jones (92.3), Steffi Graf (91.4), and Martina Navratilova (89.6).
Most aces in 2024
Rybakina has fired 270 aces in 2024, the most on the WTA tour. As per WTA, she is miles ahead of second-placed Karolina Pliskova, who has struck 210 aces this year as of now.
A look at other notable numbers
Rybakina claimed her second successive win over Ruse on the WTA tour. The duo also clashed in Miami in 2022, where Rybakina won in straight sets (6-4, 7-5). The Kazakhstan star will now face world number 72, Laura Siegemund, in the second round. The former leads the WTA head-to-head series 4-1 in this regard.
