Aryna Sabalenka ousts Ashleigh Barty 6-0 3-6 6-4 in the final in Madrid on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This is the first time that the Belarussian conquered this tournament. She has never managed to go beyond the 1st round in Madrid. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Aryna added € 126,880 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 315,160 in total after winning this tournament.
Sabalenka was pleased about the match. Talking about her relationship with clay courts, he commented:
“I’m not really scared of this surface any more. Before I was too much thinking about the clay court, that this is surface not for me, that it’s really tough to play on this surface, it’s long rallies. I was really too much thinking about this. This year I relaxed and just play my game. I worked a lot on the movement, so I prepare myself really well for the clay court.”
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ashleigh Barty Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 82 points vs. Ashleigh’s 71.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Barty
On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Barty is 4-4.
This was the 10th career title for Sabalenka. (see list of the title). The Australian remains with 11th titles. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set as Sabalenka conceded no games to Barty before winning the set 6-0.
They contested 40 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Barty (28-12). The Belarussian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Ashleigh conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1st
game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Australian to win the set because the Belarussian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Barty maintained her cool to break the Belarussian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.The Australian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5
break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).They played 57 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Aryna (33-24). Barty lost 7 points on serve (15-7). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sabalenka grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Belarussian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 54 points. Sabalenka conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Barty (30-24). Aryna dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Ashleigh conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).