Aryna Sabalenka blitzes Barbora Krejcikova 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Tuesday after playing a great match to come up against Leylah Annie Fernandez in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money $ 250,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 675,000 as of now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 575,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,250,000.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Barbora Krejcikova U.S. Open – New York
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 71 points vs. the Czech’s 51.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 48% points (14/29) on her second serve. The Belarussian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Krejcikova
On the other side, Barbora was struggling when converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Krejcikova is 2-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez – stats
Sabalenka will square off with Annie Fernandez in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Leylah Annie Fernandez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set because Barbora managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Sabalenka kept her focus to break the Czech in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Czech was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Aryna converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Aryna won 12 points more than the Czech (37-25). Aryna lost 16 points on serve (21-16). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
Sabalenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Aryna to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
They played 60 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Barbora (35-25). The Belarussian dropped 7 points on serve (23-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Barbora conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Tennis Scores at the
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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