Unrelenting Aryna Sabalenka sweeps aside Samsonova in the quarter to play vs Swiatek at the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS – CINCINNATI RESULTS

Aryna Sabalenka vanquishes Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Liudmila Samsonova Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Samsonova

6-3 6-2
1h:19

59

Total points

38

27

Winners

15

46%

Ratio Winners

39%

— Serve —

5

Aces

3

0

0

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Double Faults

6

68%

1st in

45%

79%

1st won

71%

27/34

1st won

15/21

69%

2nd won

42%

11/16

2nd won

11/26

— Break Points —

3/5

Total

0/3

60%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 59 points vs. Ludmilla’s 38.

Sabalenka

The Belarussian served very well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (11/16) on her second serve. Sabalenka was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).

Samsonova

On the other side, Samsonova wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Samsonova is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Sabalenka will fight against Swiatek in the semifinal.

This will be the 12^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek square off. The head to head is 8-3 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Rome back in May 2024.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Aryna snatched in the 6^th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Sabalenka converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 15-40), the 8^th (5-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 63 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Russian (36-27). Sabalenka lost 10 points on serve (22-10). On the losing side, Samsonova conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Sabalenka commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Liudmila Samsonova in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more to do for Sabalenka to win the set as Samsonova managed to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game.

On the other side, the Belarussian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 34 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Russian (23-11). The Belarussian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 7 points on serve (9-7).