Recorded just Friday against Elena Rybakina, the world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka could not do anything this time against another former Wimbledon winner, Marketa Vondrousova, who therefore won his ticket for the Berlin tournament final.
No final in Berlin for the world n ° 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Well handed over her defeat in the Roland-Garros final thanks to her vacation week in Greece, Belarusian was the favorite of the German Gazon Tournament, but Marketa Vondrousova was too high for her. Friday, Sabalenka had already passed very close to the elimination against Elena Rybakina, who had led 6-2 in the tie-break of the third set before losing six more points.
On Saturday, the world No. 1 was opposed to that which had succeeded Rybakina at the Wimbledon list, and the Czech easily won 6-2, 6-4 in 1h21. Go down to the 164th in the world due to an injury in hand, Vondrousova had already beaten Sabalenka three times in seven confrontations, and she therefore did it. After missing two entrance station wagon bullets, then saved two on the next game, the Czech ended up taking the Belarusian service at 1-1, then perfectly resulted in play, before breaking again at 4-2 and concluding on its second set ball.
Vondrousova in full renewal
The world n ° 1 has better started the second round by breaking on its first opportunity to lead 2-0, but his opponent immediately returned to height (2-2). Sabalenka then saved two break balls, then missed a 4-2 ball, and it was still she who fell for 4-4. Vondrousova was then scared by serving for the match, having to save three 5-5 bullets, but she finally had the last word and won her first victory against a world n ° 1.
Absent for more than three months between February and May, the Czech reached the third round of Roland-Garros for his return, then the final in Berlin by beating Madison Keys, Diana Schneider, Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka! She will face Liudmila Samsonova or Xinyu Wang to try to win her third title and will win at least 63 seats in the next ranking. This is a player that it would be better to avoid during the first laps in Wimbledon …
