Remarkable Aryna Sabalenka defends her Australian Open title . HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE FINAL RESULT. Sabalenka conquers her 14th career title after beating Zheng in 2 sets.

Sabalenka Wins The Australian Open
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Aryna Sabalenka breezes past Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-2 in the final in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a solid match to win her 14th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This is the second time that Aryna wins the tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Melbourne
Sabalenka's Record

The Belarussian added $ 1,425,000 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 3,150,000 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng Australian Open – Melbourne

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Zheng
6-3 6-2
1h:16
62
62
Total points
46
46
32
32
Winners
20
20
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
14
14
Unforced
16
16
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
4/8
4/8
Net Approaches
3/3
3/3
50%
50%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
67%
67%
1st in
53%
53%
84%
84%
1st won
74%
74%
32/38
32/38
1st won
20/27
20/27
42%
42%
2nd won
38%
38%
8/19
8/19
2nd won
9/24
9/24
189
189
Fastest serve
183
183
175
175
AVG 1st Serve
166
166
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
134
134
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/4
0/4
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 62 points vs. the Chinese’s 46.

Sabalenka

Aryna served extremely well to win 84% of the points (32/38) behind her first serve. However she won only 42% points (8/19) on her second serve. Aryna was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).

Zheng

On the other side, Zheng wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Zheng is 2-0 for Aryna.

This was the 14th career title for the Belarussian. (see list of titles and finals). Qinwen remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Palermo 2023 and in Zhengzhou 2023. (see list of titles and finals)

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

1st
Sabalenka
Zheng
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Zheng
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0