Ashleigh Barty conquers Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 in the quarter in Miami on Tuesday. Barty will have to play Elina Svitolina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. The Australian won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Barty was glad about the outcome. She commented:
“It was a brilliant match today, I think that was certainly the best level I’ve played for a long time, especially for a sustained period.
Aryna really made me bring my stuff today, she’s an exceptional competitor and someone who I respect so much on the court. She’s just got the game to make it really uncomfortable, so it was just about hanging in there as best I could.”
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Aryna Sabalenka Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:16
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 112 points vs. Aryna’s 93.
Barty
The Australian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (2/4).
Sabalenka
On the other side, Sabalenka wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Barty and Sabalenka is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashleigh Barty vs. Elina Svitolina – stats
Barty will come up against Svitolina in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Ashleigh Barty and Elina Svitolina square off. The head to head is 5-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Barty won 6-4 6-3 in the final in Shenzhen back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
They contested 64 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Sabalenka (36-28). Ashleigh dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Sabalenka conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Belarussian won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Sabalenka won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Barty won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 94 points. This set was so close that, Aryna won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Aryna surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, Barty conceded 19 points on serve (34-19).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Barty converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Barty didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Ashleigh won 13 more points than Aryna (30-17). Ashleigh was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-5) – H2H details and stats
