Garbine Muguruza defeats Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Muguruza will face off with Elise Mertens in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Muguruza's Record

The Spaniard added to her prize money $ 45,500 after winning this match. She has won already $ 87,000 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Muguruza will add $ 77,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 164,000.

Muguruza was glad about the outcome of the match. She commented:

“I was expecting a tough battle and I was ready for it. She played great in the first set, I think I was, not slow, but slow enough to give her the dominance. I wanted to come back stronger in the second set and I went for it.”

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Aryna Sabalenka Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Sabalenka
3-6 6-3 6-2
1h:51
89
89
Total points
73
73
35
35
Winners
35
35
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
59%
59%
1st in
57%
57%
80%
80%
1st won
70%
70%
35/44
35/44
1st won
35/50
35/50
47%
47%
2nd won
34%
34%
14/30
14/30
2nd won
13/38
13/38
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
3/7
3/7
45%
45%
Won
43%
43%
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At the end of the match, Garbine scored 89 points vs. the Belarussian’s 73.

Muguruza

Garbine served very well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 47% points (14/30) on her second serve. Muguruza won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Sabalenka

On the other side, Sabalenka was struggling when converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Muguruza and Sabalenka is 2-1 for Garbine.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Muguruza will face Mertens in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Garbine Muguruza and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muguruza (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Muguruza won 2-6 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in New York back in 2016.

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sabalenka clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Muguruza was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 57 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Muguruza (32-25). Aryna lost 10 points on serve (23-10). On the other side, Muguruza conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

Mertens didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Muguruza in the 1st

game (1-0). However, Muguruza found the way to come back to break the Belarussian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Certainly, a key moment was when Garbine won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Spaniard converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Muguruza won 12 more points than the Belarussian (32-20). The Spaniard dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

Muguruza had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mertens in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set because Aryna found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Spaniard maintained her cool to break Sabalenka in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Sabalenka was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Muguruza converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Sabalenka converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 53 points. Garbine was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Aryna (32-21). The Spaniard surrendered 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

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