Aryna Sabalenka victorious over Paolini in the 3rd round to play vs Rybakina at the China Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS

Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Jasmine Paolini 6-4 7-6(4) in the 3^rd round in Beijing on Thursday. Sabalenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Beijing

Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money $ 92,518 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,018 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 216,982 to her earnings to get in total $ 402,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jasmine Paolini China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Paolini

6-4 7-6⁴
1h:37

72

72

Total points

63

63

32

32

Winners

32

32

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

51%

51%

-- Serve --

16

16

Aces

1

1

3

3

Double Faults

2

2

61%

61%

1st in

80%

80%

76%

76%

1st won

60%

60%

32/42

32/42

1st won

32/53

32/53

37%

37%

2nd won

31%

31%

10/27

10/27

2nd won

4/13

4/13

-- Break Points --

4/6

4/6

Total

3/8

3/8

67%

67%

Won

38%

38%

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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 72 points vs. Paolini’s 63.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka served very well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind her first serve. However she won only 37% points (10/27) on her second serve. The Belarussian blasted 16 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Aryna was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).

Paolini

On the other side, Jasmine wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Paolini is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Sabalenka will take on Rybakina in the quarter.

This will be the 6^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 7-6¹¹ 6-4 in the final in Indian Wells back in March 2023.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sabalenka clinched in the 10^th game (6-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Aryna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 62 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Jasmine (35-27). Aryna surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). On the losing side, Jasmine conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Italian 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Paolini tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (5-6) game. However, the Belarussian stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 0.

Nonetheless also Paolini won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

Tiebreak

The Belarussian won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (4-1), 6^th (5-1), 9^th (6-3) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Jasmine won 2 minibreaks in the 7^th (2-5) and 8^th (3-5) point.

The Belarussian won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

Aryna converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 0-40), the 10^th (4-5 0-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40). Also, on the other side, Paolini converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-5 0-40).

They contested 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, Aryna won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Jasmine (36-37). The Belarussian conceded 21 points on serve (15-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Jasmine conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).

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• Cori GauffGauff – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats and score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-7⁴ 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-1) – H2H details and stats
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (4-2) – H2H details and stats
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-2) – H2H details and stats