Aryna Sabalenka motors past Donna Vekic 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to clash against Magda Linette in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 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 4th round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money $ 369,750 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 925,000 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 700,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,625,000.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Donna Vekic Australian Open – Melbourne
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 81 points vs. Vekic’s 67.
Sabalenka
Aryna won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Vekic
On the other side, the Croatian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 14% – 2/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Vekic is 2-5 for Donna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Magda Linette – stats
Sabalenka will play Linette in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Aryna won the set after she broke Donna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Vekic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Sabalenka kept the situation under control to win the set 6-3.
They played 89 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Vekic (52-37). The Belarussian lost 21 points on serve (32-21). on the other side of the net, Donna conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
Sabalenka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Donna Vekic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Aryna to win the set as the Croatian managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool to break Vekic in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 60 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Vekic (35-25). Aryna surrendered 15 points on serve (14-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Donna conceded 21 points on serve (10-21).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats