Serena Williams wins epic against Sabalenka in the 4th round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Williams defeats Sabalenka to square off with Simona Halep in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Serena Williams After Beating Sabalenka

Serena Williams overcomes Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Williams will have to play Simona Halep in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 09 minutes. Serena won this tournament 7 times in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Williams's Record

Williams added to her prize money $ 205,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 525,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Williams will add $ 325,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 850,000 in total.

The match was incredibly even with Serena often overpowered by Aryna. However, the American legend showed off an incredible grit. Williams was happy about the outcome. She commented:

“It was obviously real important because I didn’t want to be out of the tournament, so it felt good to kind of clutch that in the end and get through that.

I just felt like even games that I lost, I was so close to winning. Not all games, but probably most of those games. I just needed to play better on the big points. I knew that I could. I still hadn’t reached my peak. I was like, ‘Okay, Serena, you got this, just keep going.'”

Highlights Serena Williams vs. Aryna Sabalenka Australian Open – Melbourne

Williams’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Williams
Sabalenka
Serena Williams
6-4 2-6 6-4
2h:09
Aryna Sabalenka
94
94
Total points
94
94
40
40
Winners
36
36
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
26
26
Unforced
36
36
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
13/15
13/15
Net Approaches
4/7
4/7
87%
87%
Perc
57%
57%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
4
4
8
8
Double Faults
4
4
52%
52%
1st in
60%
60%
78%
78%
1st won
68%
68%
40/51
40/51
1st won
36/53
36/53
40%
40%
2nd won
50%
50%
19/48
19/48
2nd won
18/36
18/36
202
202
Fastest serve
194
194
173
173
AVG 1st Serve
174
174
140
140
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
4/11
4/11
44%
44%
Won
36%
36%
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Williams won this match even if she scored the same amount of points of Aryna (94 vs. 94).

Williams

Williams served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (40/51) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (19/48) on her second serve. Williams won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Sabalenka

On the other side, Sabalenka was battling in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Williams and Sabalenka is 1-0 for Serena.

Draw and next match H2H: Serena Williams vs. Simona Halep – stats

Williams will compete against Halep in the quarter.

This will be the 12th time that Serena Williams and Simona Halep square off. The head to head is 9-2 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 6-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-2 6-2 in the final in London back in 2019.

Serena Williams Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Serena conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

They contested 65 points. It’s worth to point out that, Serena won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Sabalenka (32-33). Serena lost 13 points on serve (23-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Aryna conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).

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Halep overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Williams in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Aryna to win the set as Serena managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Sabalenka maintained her focus to break Williams in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Williams converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They played 65 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Williams (36-29). Sabalenka conceded 14 points on serve (18-14). On the losing side, Serena conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

3rd Set -
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Serena won the set after she broke Aryna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Sabalenka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Williams didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

They played 59 points. Williams won 9 more points than Aryna (34-25). Williams lost 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Aryna conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

 

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