Aryna Sabalenka bests Katie Volynets 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Sabalenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Dayana Yastremska in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Aryna added to her prize money € 13,470 after winning this match. She has already won € 30,435 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 22,045 to her earnings to get in total € 52,480 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katie Volynets Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 103 points vs. Volynets’s 89.
Sabalenka
The Belarussian was pretty effective at converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).
Volynets
On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 31%
– 5/16). That was one of the key issues for her demise.After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Volynets is 1-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Dayana Yastremska – stats
Sabalenka will square off with Yastremska in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Dayana Yastremska square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Yastremska (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Yastremska won 6-4 7-64 in the semifinal in Adelaide back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Volynets to win the set as Sabalenka found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. The American maintained her focus to break Sabalenka in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Aryna was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Belarussian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Katie won 5 points more than Sabalenka (45-40). Volynets conceded 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the net, Aryna conceded 23 points on serve (22-23).
Sabalenka won the set after she broke Volynets in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Volynets tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Sabalenka didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
Aryna converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Volynets converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 70 points. Aryna won 8 more points than the American (39-31). Sabalenka conceded 14 points on serve (20-14). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Sabalenka enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Katie Volynets in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Aryna to win the set as the American succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Belarussian kept her focus to break Volynets in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Sabalenka was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Volynets converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 37 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the American (24-13). Aryna conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the net, Volynets conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
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