Elina Nepliy vs Zeel Desai — W35 Kalaburagi Round of 16

W35 Kalaburagi · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
RUS
Elina Nepliy
#499WTA
1293ELO
1263Hard ELO
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 March 2026
hard
IND
Zeel Desai
#534WTA
27 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWWWW
Nepliy E.
7-6 6-3
Desai Z.
Nepliy E.
7762
Desai Z.
633–

Elina Nepliy defeated Zeel Desai 7-6 6-3 in the W35 Kalaburagi round of 16 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Elina Nepliy closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nepliy E.serving43% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Desai Z.

Desai Z.serving44% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Nepliy E.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Nepliy E.Desai Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
59%
Return points won·Even
52%
52%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
58%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
4.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Nepliy E.
4.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 28 days (−0.3)
Desai Z.
6.6
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
3.0
Surface form
6.9
0.0Lost last 3
Win streak
9.05-match win streak
Fatigue & Travel
3-set count
7.0
6.0
Surface transition
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Nepliy E.Desai Z.
Freshness·
72
—

Nepliy E.: 1 day rest · 2 matches, 45 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Adkar V.
Raina A.
7-636-4
Semi-finals
Adkar V.
Gimbrere J.
6-36-2
Raina A.
Naklo T.
4-66-46-2
Quarter-finals
Naklo T.
Chanta A.
6-46-1
Gimbrere J.
Laron M.
6-26-2
Adkar V.
Nepliy E.
6-16-3
Raina A.
Burdina E.
6-06-2
R16
Laron M.
Ozeki M.
6-36-1
Adkar V.
Sedysheva A.
6-26-0
Chanta A.
Kuharenko P.
6-36-3
Burdina E.
Suslova S.
7-616-2
Naklo T.
Martianova S.
6-36-0
Nepliy E.
Desai Z.
7-636-3
Raina A.
Maslenkova M.
6-26-1
Gimbrere J.
Desvignes E.
7-57-5
R32
Chanta A.
Korpanec Davies A.
6-26-0
Suslova S.
Yashina E.
6-46-736-3
Martianova S.
Lakshmi Prabha A.
6-46-2
Maslenkova M.
Kuparev A.
6-27-5
Adkar V.
Sama C.
6-06-3
Laron M.
Naik A.
6-06-1
Ozeki M.
Dandu L.
4-66-16-2
Sedysheva A.
Rao S.
6-26-4
Raina A.
Patil S.
6-16-3
Gimbrere J.
Jadhav A.
6-26-1
Nepliy E.
Bhatia K.
6-06-4
Desai Z.
Luikham J.
6-26-1
Naklo T.
Savinykh V.
6-36-2
Kuharenko P.
Nitture A.
6-26-1
Desvignes E.
Sadiq S.
7-56-0
Burdina E.
Bhamidipaty S.
5-1