Aryna Sabalenka aces Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Sunday. Sabalenka is going to play against Unknown Player in the final. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. 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 had a favorable start in this set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Belarussian to win the set as the Pole managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Sabalenka maintained her focus 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 contested 56 points. Aryna conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Iga (33-23). Aryna surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Swiatek conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Pole 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. Notwithstanding, the Belarussian kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
The Belarussian wasted a good opportunity to break the Pole in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Aryna won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd
set so as to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.Sabalenka 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). Furthermore, on the other side, Iga 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 more points than Iga (42-34). The Belarussian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
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