Superlative Aryna Sabalenka breezes past Kostyuk in the 1st round to battle vs Shymanovich. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka outpaces Kostyuk to square off with Iryna Shymanovich in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk

Aryna Sabalenka soars past Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris on Sunday after playing a terrific match to face off with Iryna Shymanovich in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Paris
Sabalenka's Record

The Belarussian added to her prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 97,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sabalenka will add € 45,000 to her earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4pJZIssqk

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Kostyuk
Aryna Sabalenka
6-3 6-2
1h:11
Marta Kostyuk
62
62
Total points
45
45
29
29
Winners
19
19
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
21
21
Unforced
20
20
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
1/4
1/4
Net Approaches
6/8
6/8
25%
25%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
70%
70%
1st in
60%
60%
73%
73%
1st won
63%
63%
29/40
29/40
1st won
19/30
19/30
53%
53%
2nd won
35%
35%
9/17
9/17
2nd won
7/20
7/20
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/5
1/5
44%
44%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 62 points vs. Marta’s 45.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Kostyuk

On the other side, Marta wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kostyuk is 2-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iryna Shymanovich – stats

Sabalenka will compete against Shymanovich in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Iryna Shymanovich since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka HTML
SabalenkaKostyuk
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0
0
K
0
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Aryna won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Belarussian broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

Marta was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Aryna converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Marta converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They played 59 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Ukrainian (33-26). The Belarussian lost 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

2nd Set -
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Sabalenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Aryna extended her lead after breaking Kostyuk in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 48 points. Aryna won 10 more points than the Ukrainian (29-19). Sabalenka conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, the Ukrainian conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

1st
Sabalenka
Kostyuk
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Kostyuk
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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