Aryna Sabalenka topples Paula Badosa Gibert 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday. Sabalenka will engage against Iga Swiatek in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money € 24,153 after conquering this match. She has won already € 58,032 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 35,791 to her earnings to get in total € 93,823 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 77 points vs. the Spaniard’s 67.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka served pretty well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (19/35) on her second serve. The Belarussian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6).
Badosa
On the other side, the Spaniard had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Badosa is 1-2 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Sabalenka will fight against Swiatek in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Doha back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Belarussian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Sabalenka broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Belarussian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Badosa won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 93 points. Aryna won 7 points more than Paula (50-43). Aryna conceded 15 points on serve (32-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).
Sabalenka conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Paula Badosa Gibert in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Sabalenka found the way to come back to break Badosa in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
They played 56 points. Aryna won 10 points more than Paula (33-23). The Belarussian lost 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, Paula conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-74 6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
