Aryna Sabalenka wins against Kostyuk in the 4th round to collide vs Zheng. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka topples Kostyuk to compete against Qinwen Zheng in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Aryna Sabalenka downs Marta Kostyuk 6-1 7-6(8) in the 4th round in Rome on Monday. Sabalenka will play Qinwen Zheng in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Rome
Sabalenka's Record

The Belarussian added to her prize money € 58,590 after conquering this match. She has already won € 124,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add € 115,680 to her earnings to get in total € 240,380 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Kostyuk
Aryna Sabalenka
6-1 7-68
2h:05
Marta Kostyuk
94
94
Total points
80
80
36
36
Winners
32
32
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
56%
56%
1st in
60%
60%
71%
71%
1st won
64%
64%
36/51
36/51
1st won
32/50
32/50
48%
48%
2nd won
36%
36%
19/40
19/40
2nd won
12/33
12/33
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
2/14
2/14
40%
40%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 94 points vs. Kostyuk’s 80.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Kostyuk

On the other side, Marta was struggling when converting her break points (only 14% – 2/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Kostyuk is 4-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats

Sabalenka will square off with Zheng in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 6-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Miami back in March 2025.

Aryna Sabalenka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Sabalenka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Aryna improved her lead after breaking Kostyuk in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

The Ukrainian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Sabalenka converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Sabalenka won 10 points more than Marta (31-21). Sabalenka surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Kostyuk conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

2nd Set -
Sabalenka 7-6
SabalenkaKostyuk
7
6
S
1
0
K
1
1
K
2
1
S
2
2
S
2
3
K
3
3
K
3
4
S
4
4
S
4
5
K
5
5
K
6
5
S
6
6
S
6
7
K
7
7
K
8
7
S
8
8
S
9
8
K
10
8
SabalenkaKostyuk
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
6
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaKostyuk
4
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaKostyuk
3
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaKostyuk
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SabalenkaKostyuk
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Sabalenka won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8th (3-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Aryna broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 10-8.

Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Kostyuk lost the 11th game (6-5) when she was serving and leading 40-0.

Tiebreak

Aryna won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 8th (4-4), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Ukrainian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4) and 13th (7-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A), the 9th (3-5 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Aryna saved 2 set points when she was 4-5 and 6-7 down. Also, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 16% of her break points (2/12). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They contested 122 points. Aryna won 4 more points than Marta (63-59). Aryna surrendered 33 points on serve (35-33). On the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 28 points on serve (26-28).

1st
Sabalenka
Kostyuk
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sabalenka
Kostyuk
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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