Elena Rybakina topples Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Wednesday. The epic lasted 5 hours and 49 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the Round Robin in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
82
64
35
32
43%
50%
6
4
4
4
59%
64%
83%
67%
35/42
32/48
48%
37%
14/29
10/27
5/7
3/7
71%
43%
At the end of the match, Rybakina scored 82 points vs. Aryna’s 64.
Rybakina
The Kazakhstani served very well to win 83% of the points (35/42) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (14/29) on her second serve. Rybakina was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Sabalenka
On the other side, Sabalenka was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Sabalenka is 4-6 for Aryna.
Live score progression and stats
Rybakina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Elena to win the set since the Belarussian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. The Kazakhstani kept her cool to break Sabalenka in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Belarussian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
They played 66 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Belarussian (37-29). Rybakina lost 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sabalenka clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Kazakhstani couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Aryna was perfect in converting all her break points in the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Aryna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Belarussian won just 1 point more than Rybakina (25-24). Aryna was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
Elena won the set after she broke Aryna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Aryna was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Kazakhstani was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 31 points. Rybakina was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Sabalenka (22-9). Rybakina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). In addition, on the other side, the Belarussian conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-64 3-6 6-1)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
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