WTA Madrid Open 2021: Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova-Preview, Head to Head and Prediction

WTA Madrid Open 2021: Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova-Preview, Head to Head and Prediction

Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Aryna Sabalenka will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the Semi-finals of the Madrid Open 2021. Sabalenka is currently the World no.7 on the WTA rankings and Pavlyuchenkova is the World no.41.  

Match Details

  • Tournament: WTA Madrid Open 2021
  • Match: Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  • Round: Semi-finals
  • Date: 6th May, 2021(12:00 am IST)
  • PrizeMoney: €106,690
  • Venue: Madrid, Spain 
  • Surface: Clay Court

Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: Match Preview

Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka has had a fantastic last few months on hard courts, and she has continued to exhibit that same form in the clay court leg of the season as well. In the Stuttgart Open, she played some wonderful tennis to reach the Final of the competition. Unfortunately for Sabalenka she lost the Final to Ash Barty in three sets.

In the tournament so far, Sabalenka has beaten the veteran Vera Zvonareva in the first round. In the second she has got the better of, in form player, Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-3. In the third round she defeated Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-2. The Quarterfinals saw her overcome an injured Elise Mertens 6-1 4-0. Her Semi-final opponent is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

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Pavlyuchenkova is a competent player on clay but her form has been terrible this season. She has rarely made it past the opening rounds of the tournaments she has participated in. In her first round here, she beat Madison Keys of the USA. In the second round she overcame Karolina Pliskova in two sets. Pavlyuchenkova won, 6-0 7-5,  in one hour sixteen minutes. The third round saw her overcome Jennifer Brady in three sets. In the Quarter Finals she defeated Karolína Muchová in straight set tiebreakers 7-6 7-6. 

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Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: Head-to-Head

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The two players have met only once on the tour before, back in 2019 in Toronto, where Pavlyuchenkova won 3-6, 6-3, 5-7. So she leads the head to head 1-0. 

Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: Prediction

Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka

Sabalenka has overwhelmed her opponents with power and accuracy in the tournament so far. Against Mertens her first serves in were close to 88%. Pavlyuchenkova in this tournament has fought like her life depended on it, and has refused to go away easily. This promises to be a great game of tennis, but expect the Belarusian to come out on top. 

Match Prediction: Aryna Sabalenka will win in three sets. 

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