Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Polina Kudermetova 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in Brisbane on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This is the first time that Aryna conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Aryna added $ 71,740 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 192,475 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Polina Kudermetova Brisbane International – Brisbane
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:47
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 93 points vs. Kudermetova’s 73.
Sabalenka
Sabalenka served extremely well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (15/29) on her second serve. Sabalenka was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Kudermetova didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kudermetova is 1-0 for Aryna.
This was the 18th career title for Aryna. (see list of titles and finals). Polina lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kudermetova clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Polina broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Kudermetova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Belarussian was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 74 points. Polina was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Sabalenka (40-34). The Russian conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, the Belarussian conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Sabalenka won the set after she broke Polina in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Aryna was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Kudermetova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the Russian (32-16). The Belarussian surrendered 6 points on serve (22-6). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Sabalenka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Polina Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set as the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. Aryna kept her focus to break Kudermetova in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
Sabalenka was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Kudermetova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 44 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Polina (27-17). Aryna dropped 6 points on serve (10-6). on the other side of the net, Polina conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
