Aryna Sabalenka gets the better of Anisimova in the 4th round – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka overcomes Anisimova

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Luke Meyer
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Aryna Sabalenka bests Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Paris on Sunday. Sabalenka will fight against Qinwen Zheng in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Paris
Sabalenka's Record

Sabalenka added to her prize money € 175,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 440,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 250,000 to her earnings to get in total € 690,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Amanda Anisimova French Open – Paris

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Anisimova
Aryna Sabalenka
7-5 6-3
1h:32
Amanda Anisimova
77
77
Total points
66
66
32
32
Winners
33
33
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
19
19
Unforced
22
22
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
5/10
5/10
Net Approaches
9/15
9/15
50%
50%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
65%
65%
1st in
67%
67%
73%
73%
1st won
66%
66%
32/44
32/44
1st won
33/50
33/50
58%
58%
2nd won
44%
44%
14/24
14/24
2nd won
11/25
11/25
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
1/4
1/4
27%
27%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 77 points vs. Amanda’s 66.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka struck 11 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Sabalenka won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Anisimova

On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Anisimova is 3-5 for Amanda.

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

Sabalenka will fight against Zheng in the quarter.

This will be the 8th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but Zheng leads 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sabalenka 7-5
SabalenkaAnisimova
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaAnisimova
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SabalenkaAnisimova
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SabalenkaAnisimova
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SabalenkaAnisimova
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SabalenkaAnisimova
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SabalenkaAnisimova
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Aryna won the set after she broke Amanda in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Amanda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Aryna kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-5.

Sabalenka converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 9th (3-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 74 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the American (39-35). Aryna lost 14 points on serve (26-14). On the other side, Anisimova conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

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

Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Sabalenka to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Aryna converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 69 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Anisimova (38-31). Sabalenka lost 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

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

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  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 6-3)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-6 7-66 6-1)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-6 6-3 7-5)

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