Aryna Sabalenka makes light work of Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Sabalenka added to her prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 79,000 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add $ 56,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 135,000.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 70 points vs. Kasatkina’s 51.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 43% points (10/23) on her second serve. Sabalenka won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kasatkina is 6-2 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Sabalenka will square off with Azarenka in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Montreal back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Sabalenka to win the set as Kasatkina succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Aryna maintained her focus to break Kasatkina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Darya was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Sabalenka converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kasatkina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They played 55 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Kasatkina (33-22). Aryna conceded 7 points on serve (13-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Belarussian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Belarussian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 66 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Darya (37-29). Sabalenka surrendered 14 points on serve (27-14). On the other side, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
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- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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