Aryna Sabalenka ousts Gracheva in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Blinkova at Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka overcomes Gracheva to face Anna Blinkova in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Varvara Gracheva

Aryna Sabalenka aces Varvara Gracheva 2-6 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in London on Friday. Sabalenka will clash against Anna Blinkova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
London
Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money £ 46,000 after winning this match. She has already won £ 131,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add £ 76,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 207,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Varvara Gracheva Wimbledon – London

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Gracheva
Aryna Sabalenka
2-6 7-5 6-2
1h:58
Varvara Gracheva
88
88
Total points
80
80
38
38
Winners
36
36
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
35
35
Unforced
26
26
57%
57%
Ratio Unforced
43%
43%
7/10
7/10
Net Approaches
8/10
8/10
70%
70%
Perc
80%
80%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
63%
63%
1st in
65%
65%
84%
84%
1st won
58%
58%
38/45
38/45
1st won
36/62
36/62
33%
33%
2nd won
56%
56%
9/27
9/27
2nd won
19/34
19/34
191
191
Fastest serve
178
178
172
172
AVG 1st Serve
166
166
144
144
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
4/16
4/16
Total
3/3
3/3
25%
25%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 88 points vs. Gracheva’s 80.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (38/45) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 33% points (9/27) on her second serve. Aryna won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 25% (4/16) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player was fantastic in converting all her break points (3/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova – stats

Sabalenka will fight against Blinkova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anna Blinkova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 1-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Strasbourg back in 2020.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Sabalenka had a great start in this set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the French player managed to stage a great comeback to break the Belarussian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Belarussian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The French player was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Belarussian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 55 points. Varvara was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Aryna (33-22). Varvara dropped 16 points on serve (19-16). On the losing side, Aryna conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).

2nd Set -
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Belarussian snatched in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).

The Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 58 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Varvara (33-25). Sabalenka was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (24-4). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).

3rd Set -
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Aryna in this set was more solid than Varvara and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Gracheva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Belarussian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 55 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Gracheva (33-22). The Belarussian surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Gracheva conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

1st
Sabalenka
Gracheva
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Gracheva
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Sabalenka
Gracheva
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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