Aryna Sabalenka topples Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Wuhan on Wednesday. Sabalenka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Yulia Putintseva in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. Sabalenka won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katerina Siniakova Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 76 points vs. Siniakova’s 62.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Siniakova
On the other side, the Czech had some problems converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Siniakova is 2-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Sabalenka will face Putintseva in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Yulia Putintseva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Putintseva won 6-3 7-63 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The Belarussian won the set after she broke the Czech in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, the Belarussian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.
Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Aryna converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Siniakova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 76 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Czech (43-33). Aryna lost 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Sabalenka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Aryna to win the set since the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Aryna maintained her cool to break the Czech in the 10th (6-4) game.
Sabalenka converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Czech converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Katerina (33-29). The Belarussian dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Katerina conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
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- Cori GauffGauff – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-2)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 1-6 6-1)
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- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 7-5)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-4 6-72 6-1)
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- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 5-7 7-6(4))
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