Aryna Sabalenka beats Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Sunday. Sabalenka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Unknown Player in the final. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the semifinal in 2018, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Swiatek is 5-8 for Iga.
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Sabalenka took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for Sabalenka to win the set as Swiatek succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool to break Swiatek in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Belarussian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They played 56 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Swiatek (33-23). Aryna lost 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, the Pole conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Aryna won the set after she broke Swiatek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Pole tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. However, Sabalenka stayed solid to win the set 6-3.
The Belarussian was unable to break the Pole in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Aryna won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Aryna converted 25% of her break points (3/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (5-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Pole converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5
15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).They contested 76 points. Aryna won 8 points more than Iga (42-34). Aryna dropped 16 points on serve (20-16). In addition, on the other side, Iga conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
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