Twelve days after his defeat in the Roland-Garros final against Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka succeeded in the competition, on the Berlin lawn, beating Rebeka Masarova.
Beaten in the Roland-Garros final by Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka was extremely disappointed with her quality of play, she who had committed no less than 70 direct faults (30 for the American) during this match disturbed by the wind. The world n ° 1 had then entrusted at a press conference that it only thought of one thing: going on vacation to Mykonos. What she did, but the patron of the WTA is already back on the circuit.
This Wednesday, the Belarusian made its return to the Berlin lawn, against the Swiss Rebeka Masarova, 112nd in the world, but their match was interrupted by the night. This Thursday, the two players returned to the court, and Sabalenka won 6-2, 7-6 in 1h53 to win his ticket for the quarter-finals. The world n ° 1 served 5 aces, for 5 double-fauts, during this meeting, where it only lost its put into play.
She managed to break her opponent from the outset, then saved three break balls at 2-0 and three others at 4-2. But she held, and it was finally she who signed the second Break de la Manche, 5-2, pocketing the set on her fifth opportunity.
Sabalenka can fill up on points
In the second, it was Sabalenka who lost his entrance service. She then missed four Débreak balls to 1-2, before managing to equalize at 4-4. The two players had to decisive in the decisive game, where Masarova held up to 4-4, before losing on his third match ball. Like last year, the world n ° 1 will therefore see the quarter -finals in the German capital, where she will challenge the winner of the match between Katarina Siniakova and Elena Rybakina. But last year, the Belarusian could not go further, abandoning against Anna Kalinskaya before having to give up Wimbledon due to a shoulder injury. Aryna Sabalenka, who currently has 3,655 points ahead of Coco Gauff, therefore has the opportunity to fill up by mid-July.
