Superlative Sabalenka motors past Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal of the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

    MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka rolls over Pavlyuchenkova to square off with Ashleigh Barty in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

    Aryna Sabalenka rolls over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Madrid on Thursday after playing a solid match to deal with Ashleigh Barty in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Sabalenka
    Madrid
    Sabalenka's Record

    Sabalenka added to her prize money € 81,590 after winning this match. She has won already € 188,280 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sabalenka will add € 126,880 to her earnings to get in total € 315,160 in total.

    Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Sabalenka
    Pavlyuchenkova
    Aryna Sabalenka
    6-2 6-3
    1h:03
    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
    56
    56
    Total points
    37
    37
    20
    20
    Winners
    13
    13
    36%
    36%
    Ratio Winners
    35%
    35%
    -- Serve --
    4
    4
    Aces
    0
    0
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    60%
    60%
    1st in
    64%
    64%
    69%
    69%
    1st won
    45%
    45%
    20/29
    20/29
    1st won
    13/29
    13/29
    74%
    74%
    2nd won
    63%
    63%
    14/19
    14/19
    2nd won
    10/16
    10/16
    -- Break Points --
    4/5
    4/5
    Total
    1/3
    1/3
    80%
    80%
    Won
    33%
    33%
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    At the end of the match, Aryna scored 56 points vs. the Russian’s 37.

    Sabalenka

    Aryna was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).

    Pavlyuchenkova

    On the other side, Anastasia wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

    After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Pavlyuchenkova is 1-1.

    Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

    Sabalenka will face Barty in the final.

    This will be the 8th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ashleigh Barty fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

    The last time that they locked horns, Barty won 3-6 6-0 6-3 in the final in Stuttgart back in April 2021.

    Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

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    1st Set -
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    Aryna in this set was too good for Anastasia and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

    Aryna was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 39 points. Aryna won 13 points more than Anastasia (26-13). Sabalenka was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Pavlyuchenkova conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

    2nd Set -
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    0
    0
    0
    0

    Sabalenka conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Sabalenka to win the set as Pavlyuchenkova found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

    Certainly, a key moment was when the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

    They contested 54 points. Sabalenka won 8 more points than Anastasia (31-23). The Belarussian lost 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Pavlyuchenkova conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

     

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