Ashleigh Barty gets the better of Elina Svitolina 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday. Barty will seek to keep on going in this event against Aryna Sabalenka in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Elina Svitolina Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:05
At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 95 points vs. Svitolina’s 88.
Barty
Ashleigh served pretty well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 44% points (12/27) on her second serve. The Australian won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Svitolina
On the other side, the Ukrainian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Barty and Svitolina is 3-5 for Elina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Barty will come up against Sabalenka in the final.
This will be the 7th time that Ashleigh Barty and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Barty and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Barty won 6-4 6-75 6-3 in the quarter in Miami back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Elina conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Elina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. The Ukrainian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Ashleigh (29-25). Elina surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Ashleigh conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Barty started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Australian to win the set because the Ukrainian managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Ashleigh maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
However also Svitolina won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Tiebreak
Barty won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Ukrainian won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Barty converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 8th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 77 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ashleigh won just 1 point more than the Ukrainian (39-38). Ashleigh surrendered 14 points on serve (24-14). on the other side of the net, Svitolina conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
The Australian in this set played a much better tennis than Elina and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Elina in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
They contested 52 points. The Australian won 10 points more than Svitolina (31-21). Ashleigh was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (4-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Simona HalepHalep (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-3) – H2H details and stats
