DOHA RESULTS. Aryna Sabalenka conquers Kuznetsova in the semifinal of the Qatar Total Open

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA RESULTS. Sabalenka ousts Kuznetsova to come up against Petra Kvitova in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova

Aryna Sabalenka aces Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Sabalenka will clash against Petra Kvitova in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Sabalenka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kuznetsova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Aryna to win the set as Svetlana succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Aryna maintained her cool to break Svetlana in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

2nd set.

Sabalenka conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kuznetsova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Aryna to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 66 points vs. Svetlana’s 48 points.

Sabalenka was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5). On the other side, Svetlana didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Next Match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Sabalenka will face Kvitova in the final.

This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kvitova won 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Sydney back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Doha

  • Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ashleigh BartyBarty (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Gabriela Dabrowski/Jelena OstapenkoDabrowski/Jelena Ostapenko – Timea Babos/Kristina MladenovicBabos/Kristina Mladenovic (6-4 1-6 10-7) – See score progression
  • Su-Wei Hsieh/Barbora StrycovaHsieh/Barbora Strycova – Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (6-4 4-6 12-10) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – See H2H details