Aryna Sabalenka trashes Stephens in the 1st round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka blitzes Stephens

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Luke Meyer
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Aryna Sabalenka demolishes Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday after playing a terrific match to come up against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. The Belarussian won this tournament twice in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Melbourne
Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money $ 68,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 200,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 90,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sloane Stephens Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Stephens
Aryna Sabalenka
6-3 6-2
1h:11
Sloane Stephens
63
63
Total points
46
46
22
22
Winners
26
26
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
21
21
Unforced
16
16
57%
57%
Ratio Unforced
43%
43%
13/21
13/21
Net Approaches
6/10
6/10
62%
62%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
70%
70%
1st in
83%
83%
69%
69%
1st won
50%
50%
22/32
22/32
1st won
26/52
26/52
57%
57%
2nd won
36%
36%
8/14
8/14
2nd won
4/11
4/11
183
183
Fastest serve
180
180
159
159
AVG 1st Serve
163
163
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
2/2
2/2
38%
38%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 63 points vs. Sloane’s 46.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Stephens

On the other side, Sloane was stunning in converting all her break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Stephens is 5-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – stats

Sabalenka will play Bouzas Maneiro in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka 6-3
SabalenkaStephens
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SabalenkaStephens
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaStephens
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaStephens
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaStephens
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SabalenkaStephens
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaStephens
4
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaStephens
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SabalenkaStephens
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaStephens
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Sabalenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, that was not enough for Sabalenka to win the set because Stephens found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Sabalenka kept her cool to break Sloane in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

There was an important spell in this set when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Sabalenka converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (0-4 15-40) and the 6th game (2-4 15-40).

They played 67 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Sloane (36-31). The Belarussian surrendered 11 points on serve (14-11). on the other side of the court, Sloane conceded 22 points on serve (20-22).

2nd Set -
Sabalenka 6-2
SabalenkaStephens
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SabalenkaStephens
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaStephens
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaStephens
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaStephens
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SabalenkaStephens
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaStephens
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

The Belarussian in this set played at a much higher level than the American and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking Stephens in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Sabalenka won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

The Belarussian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Sloane (27-15). The Belarussian lost 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Stephens conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

1st
Sabalenka
Stephens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Stephens
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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