Sabalenka eager to face Muguruza after beating Kontaveit. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka makes light work of Kontaveit to face Garbine Muguruza in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Sabalenka Muguruza

Aryna Sabalenka can’t wait to square off with Garbine Muguruza in the quarter in Dubai after she crushed Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round on Wednesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes.

Sabalenka
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Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money $ 20,500 after winning this match. She has won already $ 41,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 45,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,000 in total.

Sabalenka about facing Muguruza

Sabalenka was pleased about the match and she looks forward to facing Garbine Muguruza after she beat her last week in Doha 6-2 6-75 6-3.  The world no.8 commented:

“I really wanted to play against Muguruza one more time and get this win back. It’s always a great match playing against her, great battles. This time I will be focused from the beginning of the match and put pressure on her and work for every point and do my best to get this win back.”

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anett Kontaveit Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Kontaveit
Aryna Sabalenka
6-3 6-2
1h:04
Anett Kontaveit
61
61
Total points
40
40
29
29
Winners
19
19
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
71%
71%
1st in
63%
63%
78%
78%
1st won
61%
61%
29/37
29/37
1st won
19/31
19/31
73%
73%
2nd won
50%
50%
11/15
11/15
2nd won
9/18
9/18
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
0/1
0/1
60%
60%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 61 points vs. Anett’s 40.

Sabalenka

Aryna served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind her first serve, and she won 73% points (11/15) on her second serve. The Belarussian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).

Kontaveit

On the other side, Anett wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kontaveit is 3-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Garbine Muguruza – stats

Sabalenka will play Muguruza in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Garbine Muguruza play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Muguruza (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muguruza won 6-2 6-75 6-3 in the 2nd round in Doha back in March 2021.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Aryna snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Sabalenka was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 45 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Estonian (27-18). Aryna conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, the Estonian conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).

Aryna in this set was in much better shape than Kontaveit and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Estonian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Anett wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A).

They contested 56 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Anett (34-22). The Belarussian surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). On the losing side, Kontaveit conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

 

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