Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Karolina Pliskova 6-1 7-6(4) in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Sabalenka will play Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Aryna added to her prize money $ 260,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 705,000 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 595,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,300,000.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Karolina Pliskova U.S. Open – New York
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 70 points vs. the Czech’s 56.
Sabalenka
Aryna won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Pliskova
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Pliskova is 3-2 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Sabalenka will come up against Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Rome back in May 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Belarussian managed to boost her lead after breaking Pliskova in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Czech (29-17). The Belarussian surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). On the other side, Pliskova conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Sabalenka won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Belarussian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Pliskova won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.
The Belarussian won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Aryna wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 80 points. This set was so close that, Sabalenka won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Aryna conceded 12 points on serve (28-12). On the losing side, Karolina conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-1 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cori GauffGauff (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-2) – H2H details and stats