Elena Rybakina downs Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Rybakina will square off with Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes.
Elena added to her prize money $ 216,982 after winning this match. She has already won $ 402,000 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 378,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 780,000.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 72 points vs. Aryna’s 59.
Rybakina
Elena served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (12/24) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani blasted 12 aces and she committed 1 double fault. Rybakina won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, Aryna was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Sabalenka is 2-4 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Rybakina will fight against Samsonova in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 1-6 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Montreal back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke Sabalenka in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Aryna tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Rybakina kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
The Belarussian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Rybakina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sabalenka was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 0-40).
They played 89 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Elena won barely 1 point more than the Belarussian (45-44). Rybakina dropped 13 points on serve (24-13). On the other side, Sabalenka conceded 21 points on serve (31-21).
Rybakina in this set was more solid than Aryna and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Belarussian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Belarussian was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Elena was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Rybakina was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Sabalenka (27-15). The Kazakhstani lost 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Aryna conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-78 7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-3) – H2H details and stats
