Aryna Sabalenka tops Victoria Azarenka 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Montreal on Friday in what was an all-Belarussian contest. Sabalenka will play Karolina Pliskova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money $ 45,500 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 87,000 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 77,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 164,000.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka Rogers Cup – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 62 points vs. Azarenka’s 52.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Azarenka
On the other side, Azarenka was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Azarenka is 3-1 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats
Sabalenka will fight against Pliskova in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Karolina Pliskova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pliskova won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in London back in July 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Sabalenka to win the set since Victoria managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. Sabalenka kept her cool to break Azarenka in the 8th (6-2) game.
They played 54 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Victoria (31-23). Aryna surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). On the other side, Victoria conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Pliskova had a racing start in this set after breaking Victoria Azarenka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Aryna managed to stage a great comeback to break Victoria in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Victoria was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Sabalenka was spot on in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Victoria converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A).
They played 62 points. Sabalenka conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Azarenka (33-29). Aryna dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the court, Victoria conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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