
Aryna Sabalenka routs Sonay Kartal 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday after playing a terrific match to face off with Liudmila Samsonova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Aryna added to her prize money $ 86,100 after winning this match. She has already won $ 189,625 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sabalenka will add $ 143,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 333,125 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sonay Kartal BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 60 points vs. Sonay’s 39.
Sabalenka
Aryna was effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Kartal
On the other side, the Brit was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kartal is 1-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Sabalenka will square off with Samsonova in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sabalenka and Samsonova (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Sonay Kartal in the 1st game (1-0). However, Aryna succeeded in coming back to break Sonay 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Kartal had no answers in the last 7 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
They played 56 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Sonay (34-22). Aryna dropped 11 points on serve (14-11). on the other side of the court, Sonay conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).
Sabalenka conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sonay Kartal in the 2nd game (2-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Sabalenka to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Sabalenka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Brit (26-18). Sabalenka surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-67 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sonay KartalKartal (6-1 6-2)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-0 6-4)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-2)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-1 6-1)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Madison KeysKeys (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-6) – H2H details and stats