Aryna Sabalenka too good for Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Madrid on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Iga Swiatek in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. Aryna won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money € 271,210 after conquering this match. She has already won € 580,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sabalenka will add € 525,265 to her earnings to get in total € 1,105,265 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maria Sakkari Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 68 points vs. Sakkari’s 49.
Sabalenka
The Belarussian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, Maria had a tough time 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 Sakkari is 6-3 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Sabalenka will play Swiatek in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Stuttgart back in April 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Sabalenka to win the set since the Greek succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Aryna maintained her cool to break the Greek in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Aryna converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Maria converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Sakkari (42-35). Sabalenka dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). In addition, on the other side, Sakkari conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Aryna won the set after she broke the Greek in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Greek was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 42 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Maria (27-15). Aryna conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, Maria conceded 12 points on serve (7-12).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-2) – H2H details and stats
