Ekaterina Alexandrova upsets Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Alexandrova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Maria Sakkari in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Alexandrova added to her prize money $ 16,900 after winning this match. She has won already $ 32,400 up to now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Ekaterina will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 61 points vs. the Belarussian’s 46.
Alexandrova
Ekaterina served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 44% points (8/18) on her second serve. Ekaterina won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Alexandrova and Sabalenka is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Alexandrova will come up against Sakkari in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Maria Sakkari clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Ekaterina won the set after she broke the Belarussian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They contested 54 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Aryna (31-23). Alexandrova dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Sabalenka conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Sakkari didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). However, Alexandrova managed to stage a good comeback to break Aryna in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Alexandrova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Belarussian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. Alexandrova won 7 points more than the Belarussian (30-23). Alexandrova dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, Aryna conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Simona HalepHalep (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-0) – H2H details and stats
