ADELAIDE RESULTS. Aryna Sabalenka ousts Halep in the quarter of the Adelaide International

Aryna Sabalenka wins against Simona Halep 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday. Sabalenka will play Dayana Yastremska in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Halep started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Sabalenka refused to bow to come back to break Simona 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

2^nd set.

Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Halep in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sabalenka to win the set since Halep found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game. Aryna kept her focus to break Simona in the 8^th (6-2) game.

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

Statistics

At the end of the match, Aryna scored 67 points vs. Simona’s 50 points.

The Belarussian was pretty effective in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11). On the other side, Halep was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Halep is 1-2 for Simona.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Simona Halep Adelaide International – Adelaide

Next Match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Dayana Yastremska – stats

Sabalenka will play Yastremska in the semifinal.

This will be the 2^nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Dayana Yastremska clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yastremska (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Yastremska won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Strasbourg back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Simona HalepHalep (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-0) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-0) – See H2H details