Ruthless Aryna Sabalenka too good for Rakhimova in the 3rd round to play vs Stephens. HIGHLIGHTS – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Aryna Sabalenka powers past Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Paris on Friday after playing an impressive match to fight against Sloane Stephens in the 4^th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 3^rd round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Paris

Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money € 98,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 240,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 160,000 to her earnings to get in total € 400,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Kamilla Rakhimova French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8manIg2kU

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Rakhimova

6-2 6-2
1h:07

58

58

Total points

39

39

30

30

Winners

13

13

52%

52%

Ratio Winners

33%

33%

19

19

Unforced

11

11

63%

63%

Ratio Unforced

37%

37%

10/14

10/14

Net Approaches

2/3

2/3

71%

71%

Perc

67%

67%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

0

0

1

1

Double Faults

6

6

73%

73%

1st in

52%

52%

81%

81%

1st won

54%

54%

30/37

30/37

1st won

13/24

13/24

43%

43%

2nd won

50%

50%

6/14

6/14

2nd won

11/22

11/22

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

0/1

0/1

57%

57%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 58 points vs. Rakhimova’s 39.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 43% points (6/14) on her second serve. Aryna was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

Rakhimova

On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Rakhimova is 1-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sloane Stephens – stats

Sabalenka will play Stephens in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in San Diego back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Aryna in this set was much more effective than the Russian and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Rakhimova in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Kamilla had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Rakhimova (26-18). Sabalenka surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). On the losing side, Kamilla conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

Sabalenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Kamilla Rakhimova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Aryna managed to boost her lead after breaking the Russian in the 8^th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7^th game (2-4 40-A).

They played 53 points. Sabalenka conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Kamilla (32-21). Sabalenka surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

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