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.
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
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.
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).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Madison KeysKeys – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-4 5-7 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Juan Martin Del PotroMartin Del Potro – Milos RaonicRaonic (5-7 7-61 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Hyeon ChungChung (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-2) – H2H details and stats