Aryna Sabalenka bests Badosa in the quarter to set up a battle vs Potapova at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. HIGHLIGHTS – STUTTGART RESULTS

PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX - STUTTGART DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka aces Badosa to take on Anastasia Potapova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

Aryna Sabalenka hustles Paula Badosa Gibert 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart on Friday. Sabalenka will face Anastasia Potapova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sabalenka's Record

Sabalenka added to her prize money € 17,840 after conquering this match. She has already won € 37,672 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 26,828 to her earnings to get in total € 64,500.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 104 points vs. Paula’s 102.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.

Badosa

On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Badosa is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats

Sabalenka will play Potapova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Potapova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Badosa conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

Paula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, Aryna was perfect in converting all her break points in the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 65 points. Paula was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Aryna (36-29). The Spaniard surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). On the other side, Sabalenka conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

Sabalenka had a great start in this set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd game (2-0). The Belarussian managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Paula in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.

Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Badosa was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Sabalenka converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Spaniard (34-26). Sabalenka surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Paula conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

Sabalenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Belarussian to win the set because Paula managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool to break Paula in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

Sabalenka converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Paula converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).

They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aryna won just 3 more points than Paula (40-37). Aryna conceded 14 points on serve (15-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Badosa conceded 25 points on serve (23-25).

 

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