Gritty Sabalenka survives Wozniacki in the 3rd round of the Nature Valley International

Aryna Sabalenka survives Caroline Wozniacki 2-6 6-4 7-6⁵ in the 3^rd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Wozniacki had a strong start of this set after breaking Sabalenka in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0.

However, that wasn’t sufficient for Caroline to win the set since Sabalenka found the way to break back in the 7^th game (2-5). Caroline maintained her cool to break the Belarussian in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Dane in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. Caroline tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. However, Sabalenka stayed solid before winning the set 6-4.

Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

3^rd set.

Wozniacki conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Aryna managed to stage a great comeback to break Caroline in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

The Belarussian won this match even if she won fewer points than Caroline (102 vs. 103).

Sabalenka struggled in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12).

On the other side, Caroline was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 38%. That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Wozniacki is 2-1 for Aryna.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Caroline Wozniacki Nature Valley International – Eastbourne

Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Kiki Bertens

Sabalenka will come up against Bertens in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Kiki Bertens play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Bertens won 7-6⁵ 6-2 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg back in February 2019.