Iga Swiatek sweeps aside Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-3 in the final in Rome on Saturday after playing an impressive match to win her 22nd career title, the 5th of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This is the 3 time that Swiatek has won the tournament. Here, you can see when her history at this event.
The Pole added € 334,675 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned € 699,690 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Swiatek’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 66 points vs. Sabalenka’s 45.
Swiatek
Iga was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Sabalenka
On the other side, the Belarussian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Sabalenka is 8-3 for Iga.
This was the 22nd career title for Swiatek. (see list of titles and finals). Sabalenka remains with 14th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek in this set was much more effective than Sabalenka and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Sabalenka in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Belarussian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Aryna (32-20). Swiatek conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Aryna conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
The Pole won the set after she broke the Belarussian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Sabalenka had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Swiatek converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Aryna was unable to convert any of her 7 break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Belarussian (34-25). Swiatek lost 12 points on serve (22-12). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).