Unstoppable Aryna Sabalenka claims the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MADRID RESULTS

Aryna Sabalenka overcomes Cori Gauff 6-3 7-6(3) in the final in Madrid on Saturday. This is the 3rd time that the Belarussian has won the tournament. Here, you can see when her history at this event.

Aryna added € 461,160 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned € 985,030 in total after conquering this tournament.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Cori Gauff Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

After this contest, the head to head between Sabalenka and Gauff is 5-5.

This was the 20^th career title for Aryna. (see list of titles and finals). The American remains with 10^th titles. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

The Belarussian won the set after she broke the American 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Coco tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (4-2) game. Nonetheless, Aryna didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.

One of the most important stints of the set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

They played 59 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than the American (39-20

). The Belarussian dropped 9 points on serve (20-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Coco conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).

The Belarussian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Aryna broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-3.

Tiebreak

Sabalenka won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 2^nd (2-0), 9^th (6-3) and 10^th (7-3) point. On the other side, Gauff won a minibreak in the 4^th (1-3) point.

Aryna won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

The Belarussian converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 10^th (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Gauff was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3^rd game (1-1 0-40).

They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belarussian won just 3 points more than Gauff (43-40). Aryna conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Coco conceded 24 points on serve (31-24).