Aryna Sabalenka conquers Ashleigh Barty 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Wuhan on Friday. Sabalenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Alison Riske in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sabalenka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Aryna to win the set as Ashleigh managed to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Sabalenka kept her focus to break Barty in the 11th (6-5) game before managing to win the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sabalenka conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Barty is 3-2 for Aryna.
Next Match: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Alison Riske – stats
Sabalenka will take on Riske in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Alison Riske face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 4-6 7-62 6-3 in the final in Shenzhen back in January 2019.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ashleigh BartyBarty (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alison RiskeRiske – Petra KvitovaKvitova (1-1) – See H2H details
