When Aryna is at her best, she can outhit just about anyone on tour. After yesterday’s win, Sabalenka told the press she’s focusing less on winning and more on the process of improving her game, and cited this as the reason for her current win streak. Yesterday, Aryna easily dispatched of an in-form Maria Sakkari, requiring only 57 minutes in a match where she struck 22 winners and only eight unforced errors. And she’s facing an ultra-confident Sabalenka, who is on a 14-0 run. Kudermetova will surely be nervous, as this is the biggest match of her career to date. It took place six years ago at an ITF Challenger event in Antalya, which Sabalenka claimed in straight sets. Their only previous meeting does not provide much guidance as to what will happen on Wednesday. But she dropped only one set this week on her way to her first WTA final, which included impressive wins over Elina Svitolina and Anett Kontaveit.Īryna Sabalenka (4) vs. Since the tour restart last August, the 23-year-old was a modest 7-6 before this event. The Russian steadily climbed the rankings that year, reaching the top 40 at the end of the season. With a win on Wednesday, she would reach a career-high ranking of No.7.Īt the beginning of 2019, Veronika Kudermetova debuted inside the WTA top 100. But now she’s on a 14-match winning streak, having claimed back-to-back titles to end 2020. From there, her progress stagnated a bit, as she spent the last two years ranked between No.9 and No.16. That was coming off a 2018 season where in which Aryna accumulated 47 match wins, two titles, and reached the second week of a Major for the first time. At the beginning of 2019, Aryna Sabalenka debuted inside the WTA top 10.
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