Madison Keys defeats Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Berlin on Wednesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Keys added to her prize money € 5,888 after winning this match. She has won already € 12,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 13,630 to her earnings to get in total € 26,130 in total.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Aryna Sabalenka Betti Open – Berlin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Keys won this match even if she won the same amount of points of Aryna (91 vs. 91).
Keys
The American won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Keys and Sabalenka is 1-1.
Live score progression and stats
Keys had a head start at the beginning of the set to break in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Keys to win the set because Sabalenka succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Keys won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40).
They contested 60 points. Madison was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Aryna (32-28). The American lost 10 points on serve (19-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Aryna was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Madison 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Keys was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They played 52 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the American (31-21). Aryna lost 14 points on serve (23-14). In addition, on the other side, Madison conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
started the set strong after breaking Keys in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Madison refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sabalenka in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The American converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Belarussian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 71 points. Madison conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Sabalenka (39-32). Keys conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Sabalenka conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
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