Elena Rybakina topples Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(11) 6-4 in the final in Indian Wells on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This is the first time that Elena conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Elena added $ 599,860 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 1,262,220 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Rybakina ‘s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 93 points vs. the Belarussian’s 87.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points after she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Sabalenka is 1-4 for Aryna.
This was the 4th career title for Rybakina. She won the previous title in Indian Wells. (see list of titles and finals). The Belarussian remains with 12th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Rybakina broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to win the set 7-6(.
Elena converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 12th (6-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Belarussian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They contested 122 points. Elena was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Belarussian (63-59). Rybakina surrendered 31 points on serve (42-31). In addition, on the other side, Sabalenka conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).
Rybakina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Elena to win the set as Sabalenka managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
Elena converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Aryna converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 58 points. This set was so close that, Rybakina won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Kazakhstani conceded 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the court, Sabalenka conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
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