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.

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
6-2 6-2
1h:03
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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  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Emiliana ArangoArango (6-2 6-4)
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