Mirra Andreeva ousts Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the final in Indian Wells on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This is the first time that Mirra conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Andreeva added $ 527,875 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 1,127,500 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Mirra Andreeva vs. Aryna Sabalenka BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, Mirra scored 91 points vs. Sabalenka’s 83.
Andreeva
The Russian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Andreeva and Sabalenka is 2-4 for Aryna.
This was the 3rd career title for Mirra. She won the previous title in Indian Wells. (see list of titles and finals). Aryna remains with 18th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Aryna in this set played much better tennis than Andreeva and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Andreeva in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
They played 66 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Andreeva (38-28). Sabalenka surrendered 16 points on serve (25-16). In addition, on the other side, Andreeva conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Mirra conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Aryna was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than the Belarussian (37-22). The Russian surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). In addition, on the other side, Sabalenka conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Mirra won the set after she broke Sabalenka in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They played 51 points. Andreeva was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Sabalenka (28-23). Mirra lost 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
