Sabalenka ready to fight vs. Serena Williams after beating Li in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Aryna Sabalenka outpaces Ann Li 6-3 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a superlative match to clash against Serena Williams in the 4^th round. The match lasted exactly 1 hour. This is her best result in this competition. Before the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne

Sabalenka's Record

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Serena Williams – stats

Sabalenka will play Williams in the 4^th round.

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Serena Williams since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sabalenka is looking forward to face the America legend to comment:

“It’s a big challenge, but it’s a tough one, but I’m going to do everything I can to prepare myself for that match like mentally be ready to get this win.

She’s a great player, and it’s always a big challenge to play against these kinds of players. But I’m going to do everything I can to get this win. We’re all here for the wins and I’m going to do everything.”

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ann Li Australian Open – Melbourne

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Li

6-3 6-1
1h:00

67

67

Total points

44

44

28

28

Winners

21

21

42%

42%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

17

17

Unforced

14

14

55%

55%

Ratio Unforced

45%

45%

11/14

11/14

Net Approaches

3/5

3/5

79%

79%

Perc

60%

60%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

1

1

4

4

Double Faults

0

0

67%

67%

1st in

65%

65%

78%

78%

1st won

57%

57%

28/36

28/36

1st won

21/37

21/37

56%

56%

2nd won

35%

35%

10/18

10/18

2nd won

7/20

7/20

192

192

Fastest serve

174

174

180

180

AVG 1^st Serve

162

162

152

152

AVG 2^nd Serve

135

135

-- Break Points --

4/10

4/10

Total

0/4

0/4

40%

40%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 67 points vs. Li’s 44.

Sabalenka

Aryna served pretty well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (10/18) on her second serve. Aryna won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Li

On the other side, Ann wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Li is 1-0 for Aryna. Aryna added to her prize money $ 105,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 320,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sabalenka will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 525,000 in total.

Live score progression and stats

Aryna won the set after she broke Ann in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

They played 54 points. Sabalenka conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Li (33-21). Sabalenka was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Li conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

Sabalenka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Williams in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Aryna reinforced her lead after breaking Ann in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Sabalenka converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4^th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ann was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 53 points. Aryna won 11 points more than Li (32-21). Sabalenka lost 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, Li conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

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Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H details and stats
• Elise MertensMertens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Donna VekicVekic – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Simona HalepHalep (1-1) – H2H details and stats