WUHAN. Sabalenka tops Rybakina in the quarter

Aryna Sabalenka conquers Elena Rybakina 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the quarter in Wuhan on Thursday. Sabalenka will fight against Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sabalenka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Rybakina in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Sabalenka to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2^nd set.

Rybakina started the set strong after breaking Sabalenka in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Rybakina extended her lead after breaking Sabalenka in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Rybakina won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

Sabalenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Rybakina in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Aryna reinforced her lead after breaking Elena in the 4^th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Aryna won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 83 points vs. Elena’s 72 points.

Aryna won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Elena was not so effective in converting her break points because she converted only 29% of her break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Rybakina is 1-0 for Aryna.

Next Match: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

Sabalenka will come up against Barty in the semifinal.

This will be the 5^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ashleigh Barty clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sabalenka and Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-4 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra MarticMartic (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alison RiskeRiske – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-2) – See H2H details
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-2) – See H2H details