Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Jasmine Paolini 6-4 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Beijing on Thursday. Sabalenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Aryna added to her prize money $ 92,518 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,018 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 216,982 to her earnings to get in total $ 402,000 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jasmine Paolini China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 72 points vs. Paolini’s 63.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka served very well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind her first serve. However she won only 37% points (10/27) on her second serve. The Belarussian blasted 16 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Aryna was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Paolini
On the other side, Jasmine wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Paolini is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Sabalenka will take on Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 7-611 6-4 in the final in Indian Wells back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sabalenka clinched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Aryna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Jasmine (35-27). Aryna surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). On the losing side, Jasmine conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Italian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Paolini tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, the Belarussian stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 0.
Nonetheless also Paolini won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3
Tiebreak
The Belarussian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Jasmine won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (2-5) and 8th (3-5) point.
The Belarussian won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Aryna converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 10th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). Also, on the other side, Paolini converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40).
They contested 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, Aryna won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Jasmine (36-37). The Belarussian conceded 21 points on serve (15-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Jasmine conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).
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- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-2) – H2H details and stats