Aryna Sabalenka routs Potapova in the 2nd round at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka outpaces Potapova

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Luke Meyer
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Aryna Sabalenka obliterates Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Sofia Kenin in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Rome
Sabalenka's Record

Sabalenka added to her prize money € 17,098 after winning this match. She has already won € 38,313 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 27,797 to her earnings to get in total € 66,110 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Potapova
Aryna Sabalenka
6-2 6-2
1h:03
Anastasia Potapova
58
58
Total points
39
39
24
24
Winners
18
18
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
70%
70%
1st in
56%
56%
80%
80%
1st won
60%
60%
24/30
24/30
1st won
18/30
18/30
69%
69%
2nd won
46%
46%
9/13
9/13
2nd won
11/24
11/24
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
0/0
0/0
57%
57%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 58 points vs. Potapova’s 39.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka served very well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (9/13) on her second serve. Sabalenka didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

Potapova

On the other side, Anastasia wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Potapova is 2-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Sabalenka will face Kenin in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Sofia Kenin face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but Kenin has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

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

The Belarussian in this set played at a much higher level than Potapova and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Potapova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Potapova was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 46 points. Aryna won 16 more points than Anastasia (31-15). The Belarussian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

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

Aryna in this set didn’t concede much to Anastasia and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Potapova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Anastasia was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Aryna converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aryna won just 3 points more than Potapova (27-24). Aryna conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). On the other side, Anastasia conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

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

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