Barbora Krejcikova is having a sensational season, especially after she won the French Open. With a 31-10 win-loss record and her recent run in Prague, Barbora has just overtaken Aryna Sabalenka in the live year-to-date rankings to be new world number 2 in this specific log.
Krejcikova has now 3558 points vs. Sabalenka’s 3538. The world number 1 Ashleigh Barty is still too far away with 5381 points.
Here the year-to-date live rankings.
Now the world no.13 (career-high), the Czech achieved a 31-10 match record in 2021. Barbora is playing at the moment in Prague where she conquered Isabella Shinikova 6-2 6-3 and Ysaline Bonaventure 7-62 6-4.
Barbora Krejcikova will fight against the world no.63 Katerina Siniakova in the quarter on Friday at 5:30 pm on Centre Court. They have never played each other so far in top events.
The Czech has won 2 titles in 2021 in Strasbourg and at the French Open. The Czech was the finalist in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships).
Aryna Sabalenka in 2021
Now ranked no.
3 (career-high), Sabalenka played her last match on the 8th of July when she was defeated by world no.7 Karolina Pliskova 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Wimbledon (draw).Currently, during this season the Belarussian has an overall 34-11 match record. Sabalenka clinched 2 titles in 2021 in Abu Dhabi and in Madrid. The Belarussian reached the final in Stuttgart.
Barbora Krejcikova and Aryna Sabalenka faced off just once. Their record is 1-0 for Sabalenka. When they played, Aryna Sabalenka won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Linz (Upper Austria Ladies Linz) in November 2020.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Barbora Krejcikova |
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