Aryna Sabalenka bests Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in the final in Miami on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This is the first time that Aryna conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Sabalenka added $ 526,490 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 1,124,380 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Pegula Miami Open – Miami
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 74 points vs. Jessica’s 55.
Sabalenka
Aryna won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, the American had some problems converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Pegula is 7-2 for Aryna.
This was the 19th career title for Aryna. (see list of titles and finals). The American remains with 8th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sabalenka to win the set because the American found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Sabalenka kept her focus to break Jessica in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Sabalenka converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Jessica converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 80 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Jessica (44-36). Aryna conceded 23 points on serve (24-23). Regarding the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).
Aryna in this set was more solid than Jessica and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Pegula in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Aryna converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the American (30-19). The Belarussian surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, Pegula conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
