Merciless Sabalenka brushes past Niculescu in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka rolls over Niculescu to face Katie Boulter in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Monica Niculescu

Aryna Sabalenka demolishes Monica Niculescu 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Monday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Katie Boulter in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
London
Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money £ 27,000 after winning this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Sabalenka was glad about the outcome. She commented:

“I’ve always liked playing on grass. Four years ago, I would say that it was my favourite surface. But after my results on hard courts I couldn’t say anything else other than hard courts, and I still like playing on hard courts more.”

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Monica Niculescu Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Niculescu
Aryna Sabalenka
6-1 6-4
1h:16
Monica Niculescu
70
70
Total points
45
45
21
21
Winners
20
20
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
30
30
Unforced
5
5
86%
86%
Ratio Unforced
14%
14%
16/22
16/22
Net Approaches
6/10
6/10
73%
73%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
55%
55%
1st in
86%
86%
68%
68%
1st won
39%
39%
21/31
21/31
1st won
20/51
20/51
60%
60%
2nd won
63%
63%
15/25
15/25
2nd won
5/8
5/8
191
191
Fastest serve
144
144
175
175
AVG 1st Serve
132
132
152
152
AVG 2nd Serve
113
113
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
2/3
2/3
45%
45%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 70 points vs. the Romanian’s 45.

Sabalenka

The Belarussian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Niculescu

On the other side, Monica was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Niculescu is 2-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katie Boulter – stats

Sabalenka will come up against Boulter in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Katie Boulter fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in 2019.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka HTML
SabalenkaNiculescu
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S
0
0
N
0
0

Sabalenka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Monica Niculescu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Aryna managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Niculescu in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

One of the most important stints of the set was when the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Aryna surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, Niculescu conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

2nd Set -
Sabalenka Not
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0
0
0
0

Sabalenka had a great start in this set after breaking Monica Niculescu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Belarussian to win the set because Niculescu found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Sabalenka kept her focus to break the Romanian in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-4).

The Belarussian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Niculescu converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 67 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Niculescu (39-28). Sabalenka lost 14 points on serve (20-14). On the losing side, Monica conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).

 

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