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.
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
1h:16
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)
