Aryna Sabalenka ousts Azarenka in the quarter to set up a battle vs Bouzkova. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

MUBADALA CITI DC OPEN - WASHINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka aces Azarenka to take on Marie Bouzkova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka

In a battle of former world no.1 Aryna Sabalenka conquers Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Washington on Friday in what was an all-Belarussian match. Sabalenka will clash against Marie Bouzkova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Sabalenka
Washington
Sabalenka's Record

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Azarenka
Aryna Sabalenka
6-4 6-4
1h:46
Victoria Azarenka
76
76
Total points
67
67
30
30
Winners
35
35
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
69%
69%
77%
77%
1st won
71%
71%
30/39
30/39
1st won
35/49
35/49
42%
42%
2nd won
18%
18%
14/33
14/33
2nd won
4/22
4/22
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/6
2/6
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 76 points vs. Azarenka’s 67.

Sabalenka

Aryna served extremely well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 42% points (14/33) on her second serve. Sabalenka won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Azarenka

On the other side, Victoria had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Azarenka is 5-1 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marie Bouzkova – stats

Sabalenka will fight against Bouzkova in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Marie Bouzkova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2023.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka 6-4
SabalenkaAzarenka
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaAzarenka
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaAzarenka
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaAzarenka
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaAzarenka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaAzarenka
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaAzarenka
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Aryna won the set after she broke Victoria in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Victoria tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Sabalenka kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Aryna converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Azarenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 79 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Azarenka (44-35). Aryna dropped 13 points on serve (25-13). On the other side, Victoria conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

2nd Set -
Sabalenka 6-4
SabalenkaAzarenka
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaAzarenka
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaAzarenka
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaAzarenka
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAzarenka
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Sabalenka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Victoria Azarenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Sabalenka to win the set since Azarenka managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Sabalenka kept her cool to break Azarenka in the 10th (6-4) game.

Aryna was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Victoria converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 64 points. This set was so close that, Sabalenka won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Sabalenka lost 15 points on serve (19-15). On the losing side, Victoria conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

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

Tennis Scores in Washington

  • Caroline DolehideDolehide – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-65 6-1)
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-3 6-1)
  • Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (4-6 7-5 6-4)
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