Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Cornet in the 2nd round with Kontaveit next. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka victorious over Cornet to play Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Alize Cornet

Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Tuesday. Sabalenka will fight against Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
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Sabalenka's Record

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Alize Cornet Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Cornet
Aryna Sabalenka
6-2 6-4
1h:27
Alize Cornet
68
68
Total points
55
55
18
18
Winners
20
20
26%
26%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
56%
56%
1st in
62%
62%
62%
62%
1st won
45%
45%
18/29
18/29
1st won
20/44
20/44
39%
39%
2nd won
37%
37%
9/23
9/23
2nd won
10/27
10/27
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
Total
4/6
4/6
41%
41%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 68 points vs. the French player’s 55.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 41% (7/17) of the procured opportunities.

Cornet

On the other side, Alize was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Cornet is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats

Sabalenka will come up against Kontaveit in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anett Kontaveit fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 7-5 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Doha back in 2020.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Sabalenka overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kontaveit in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set as Alize succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.

Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Aryna won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

They played 60 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Cornet (38-22). The Belarussian lost 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, the French player conceded 23 points on serve (14-23).

Sabalenka commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kontaveit in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Sabalenka to win the set since Cornet found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Sabalenka maintained her focus to break Alize in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

Sabalenka surrendered 13 points on serve (15-13). On the losing side, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

 

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