Aryna Sabalenka defeats Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Sabalenka will engage against Elena Rybakina in the quarter.
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Sabalenka in this set was too strong for Ons and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Ons in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Tunisian (27-18). The Belarussian conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Ons conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Jabeur commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Belarussian managed to stage a good comeback to break Ons 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Ons was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
They contested 60 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Ons (33-27). The Belarussian lost 12 points on serve (13-12). on the other side of the court, Ons conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 59 points vs. the Tunisian’s 47.
Aryna served extremely well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 41% points (9/22) on her second serve. Sabalenka was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, the Tunisian was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Jabeur is 1-1.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ons Jabeur Abu Dhabi Tennis Open – Abu Dhabi
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Sabalenka will compete against Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the quarter in Wuhan back in 2019.
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