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Sign upArantxa Rus vs Elina Avanesyan — R32 — Hamburg Open
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Hamburg OpenRound of 32
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Jul 21, 2026·02:35 PM·1h 11m·Hamburg
Elina Avanesyan defeated Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-1 — Hamburg Open 2026 R32.
Arantxa Rus and Elina Avanesyan: Elina Avanesyan leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Only the rankings read this as an upset. Elina Avanesyan came in at WTA No. 224, 41 spots below fellow qualifier Arantxa Rus, yet the market installed her as a 69 percent favorite, and the gap on court ran wider, as she took 76 percent of first-serve points to Rus's 49 and converted 5 of 8 break points. Breaks in games 1, 3 and 5 stacked a 5-0 lead in the opener, and Rus's game-6 break for 1-5 stood as her only dent in a match where she held serve twice in seven tries. Seventy-one minutes finished it; with no prior meetings on record between them, Avanesyan moves into the last 16 at the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open.