Elena Rybakina thumps Aryna Sabalenka 6-0 6-3 in the final in Brisbane on Sunday after playing a solid match to win her 6th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
The Kazakhstani added $ 85,000 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 220,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 59 points vs. Sabalenka’s 38.
Rybakina
Rybakina was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Sabalenka
On the other side, Sabalenka was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Rybakina and Sabalenka is 3-5 for Aryna.
This was the 6th career title for Elena. She won the previous title in Rome. (see list of titles and finals). Sabalenka remains with 13th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven because Rybakina conceded no games to Sabalenka before winning the set 6-0.
Elena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
Elena converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, Elena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Elena was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than the Belarussian (30-13). The Kazakhstani dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, the Belarussian conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Rybakina conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Rybakina to win the set since Aryna managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Elena kept her focus to break the Belarussian in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Kazakhstani was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 54 points. Elena was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Sabalenka (29-25). The Kazakhstani surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
