Aryna Sabalenka routs Bai in the 2nd round – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS. HIGHLIGHTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Sabalenka brushes past Bai to play Unknown Player in the 3rd round

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Aryna Sabalenka makes light work of Zhuoxuan Bai 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a terrific match to come up against Anastasia Potapova in the 3rd round. Sabalenka won this tournament twice in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sabalenka
Melbourne
Sabalenka's Record

The Belarussian added to her prize money $ 102,750 after winning this match. She has already won $ 327,750 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 152,250 to her earnings to get in total $ 480,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Zhuoxuan Bai Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka
Bai
Aryna Sabalenka
6-3 6-1
1h:12
Zhuoxuan Bai
68
68
Total points
44
44
25
25
Winners
20
20
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
21
21
Unforced
27
27
44%
44%
Ratio Unforced
56%
56%
6/11
6/11
Net Approaches
6/6
6/6
55%
55%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
72%
72%
1st in
57%
57%
64%
64%
1st won
61%
61%
25/39
25/39
1st won
20/33
20/33
60%
60%
2nd won
16%
16%
9/15
9/15
2nd won
4/25
4/25
188
188
Fastest serve
175
175
164
164
AVG 1st Serve
166
166
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
143
143
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
1/2
1/2
42%
42%
Won
50%
50%
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After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Bai is 1-0 for Aryna.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova – stats

Sabalenka will compete against Potapova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Potapova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2025.

Live score progression and stats

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

Sabalenka came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhuoxuan Bai in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Yet, there was more to do for Sabalenka to win the set as Bai found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Sabalenka won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Belarussian converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40), the 8th (5-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 69 points. Aryna was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than the Chinese (41-28). The Belarussian conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Bai conceded 22 points on serve (16-22).

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

Sabalenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Zhuoxuan Bai in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Sabalenka reinforced her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

The Belarussian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than the Chinese (27-17). Sabalenka dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the net, Bai conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).

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

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