Aryna Sabalenka outpaces Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday after playing a terrific match to square off with Iga Swiatek in the final. The match lasted just 58 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sabalenka added to her prize money € 26,828 after winning this match. She has already won € 64,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add € 39,978 to her earnings to get in total € 104,478 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
0h:58
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 59 points vs. Anastasia’s 34.
Sabalenka
The Belarussian served very well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (11/18) on her second serve. The Belarussian was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Potapova
On the other side, Anastasia wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Potapova is 1-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Sabalenka will face Swiatek in the final.
This will be the 7th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Fort Worth back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Aryna reinforced her lead after breaking Potapova in the 4th (4-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Sabalenka won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). In addition on the other side, Potapova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Potapova (36-21). Sabalenka lost 12 points on serve (20-12). On the losing side, Anastasia conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That was sufficient for Aryna to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Sabalenka was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Anastasia (23-13). The Belarussian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 7 points on serve (10-7).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ons JabeurJabeur (3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (4-2) – H2H details and stats
