Aryna Sabalenka victorious over Keys in the semifinal to battle vs Gauff at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Aryna Sabalenka gets the better of Madison Keys 0-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) in the semifinal in New York on Thursday. Sabalenka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Cori Gauff in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the semifinal in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

New York

Sabalenka's Record

The Belarussian added to her prize money $ 725,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 1,500,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 1,500,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 3,000,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Madison Keys U.S. Open – New York

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Keys

0-6 7-6¹ 7-6⁵
2h:32

107

107

Total points

101

101

41

41

Winners

47

47

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

47%

47%

39

39

Unforced

35

35

53%

53%

Ratio Unforced

47%

47%

18/24

18/24

Net Approaches

10/13

10/13

75%

75%

Perc

77%

77%

-- Serve --

12

12

Aces

5

5

4

4

Double Faults

3

3

65%

65%

1st in

69%

69%

64%

64%

1st won

62%

62%

41/64

41/64

1st won

47/76

47/76

56%

56%

2nd won

47%

47%

19/34

19/34

2nd won

16/34

16/34

193

193

Fastest serve

183

183

174

174

AVG 1^st Serve

166

166

144

144

AVG 2^nd Serve

120

120

-- Break Points --

3/10

3/10

Total

6/11

6/11

30%

30%

Won

55%

55%

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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 107 points vs. the American’s 101.

Sabalenka

The Belarussian blasted 12 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Aryna won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Keys

On the other side, Keys was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered points (6/11). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Keys is 3-1 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Sabalenka will take on Gauff in the final.

This will be the 6^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Indian Wells back in March 2023.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much of a fight in this set since Madison conceded no games to the Belarussian before winning the set 6-0.

Aryna capitulated the 3^rd game (3-0) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

Keys was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5^th game (4-0 15-40). Also, on the other side, Sabalenka was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4^th game (0-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 45 points. Keys was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Aryna (29-16). Madison conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

Sabalenka won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game, Sabalenka broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-1.

Tiebreak

Aryna won 4 minibreaks in the 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (5-1), 7^th (6-1) and 8^th (7-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

Aryna converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10^th (4-5 0-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Keys was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 15-40).

They played 79 points. Aryna won 13 more points than the American (46-33). The Belarussian surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 23 points on serve (23-23).

Sabalenka conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, The Belarussian broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 10-5.

Tiebreak

Sabalenka won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0), 9^th (6-3), 12^th (9-3) and 15^th (10-5) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 6^th (2-4) and 14^th (5-9) point.

The Belarussian won the tiebreak 10-5 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 10-5

Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 7^th game (2-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Madison converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 84 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Madison (44-40). Aryna conceded 15 points on serve (28-15). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Madison KeysKeys (0-6 7-6¹ 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6⁴ 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Juan Martin Del PotroMartin Del Potro (6-1 7-6²) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-2) – H2H details and stats