Fantastic Aryna Sabalenka too good for Zheng in the quarter to play vs Keys at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka annihilates Zheng to compete against Madison Keys in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng

Aryna Sabalenka powers past Qinwen Zheng 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Madison Keys in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
New York
Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money $ 320,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 775,000 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 725,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,500,000.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng U.S. Open – New York

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Zheng
Aryna Sabalenka
6-1 6-4
1h:13
Qinwen Zheng
56
56
Total points
35
35
23
23
Winners
12
12
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
12
12
Unforced
16
16
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
8/9
8/9
Net Approaches
2/4
2/4
89%
89%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
58%
58%
1st in
41%
41%
88%
88%
1st won
63%
63%
23/26
23/26
1st won
12/19
12/19
68%
68%
2nd won
52%
52%
13/19
13/19
2nd won
14/27
14/27
191
191
Fastest serve
189
189
177
177
AVG 1st Serve
171
171
150
150
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/0
0/0
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 56 points vs. Qinwen’s 35.

Sabalenka

The Belarussian served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (23/26) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (13/19) on her second serve. Aryna won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Zheng

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

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

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Madison Keys – stats

Sabalenka will fight against Keys in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in London back in July 2023.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Sabalenka had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Sabalenka managed to boost her lead after breaking Zheng in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

An important stage of this set was when the Belarussian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

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

They played 34 points. Aryna won 16 points more than Qinwen (25-9). Sabalenka was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sabalenka clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 57 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Zheng (31-26). Sabalenka lost 7 points on serve (20-7). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

 

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