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WTA Cincinnati, USAWomen's Singles · Round of 16 · HardCompleted
7-6(7), 6-4P&G Stadium Court1h 55m

Keys to Victory

Fine margins
Decided by fine margins; no single statistic separated the two.
On-air one-liner
Bejlek outlasted Sabalenka in a tight Round of 16 battle at Cincinnati, winning 7-6(7), 6-4 in 1h 55m.
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Game flow

SabalenkaBejlek break of serve
Set 167 min
1-02-02-12-22-33-34-34-44-55-55-66-6TB6-7
67-7
TB
Sabalenka6012345555556677
Bejlek7111111234566778
Sabalenka60015303040Ad
Bejlek615303030404040
Sabalenka5015303030
Bejlek61515153040
Sabalenka515303040
Bejlek5001515
Sabalenka400015
Bejlek515304040
Break
Sabalenka415153030304040
Bejlek401515304040Ad
Break
Sabalenka40153040
Bejlek315151515
Sabalenka315153040
Bejlek30151515
Sabalenka200153030
Bejlek31530303040
Break
Sabalenka2001515
Bejlek215303040
Sabalenka200151530
Bejlek11530304040
Sabalenka2153040
Bejlek0000
Break
Sabalenka101515304040Ad
Bejlek015153030304040

Sabalenka broke for 1-0 and again for 4-3, but Bejlek broke twice to force a tiebreak, which Bejlek won after 67 minutes of relentless exchanges.

Set 249 min
0-11-12-13-14-14-24-34-44-54-6
4-6
Sabalenka4000
Bejlek6153040
Break
Sabalenka40015304040Ad40404040
Bejlek51530303030404040Ad40Ad
Sabalenka4000
Bejlek4153040
Break
Sabalenka41515151530
Bejlek3015304040
Sabalenka41515151530
Bejlek2015304040
Sabalenka415153040
Bejlek10151515
Break
Sabalenka315304040
Bejlek100015
Sabalenka21530304040
Bejlek100151530
Break
Sabalenka1015303040
Bejlek11515153030
Break
Sabalenka001515153040Ad4040
Bejlek11515304040404040Ad

Sabalenka broke for 1-1 and again for 3-1, but Bejlek broke for 3-4 and again for 5-4 to take the set 6-4, saving break points throughout.

Match Stats

SabalenkaBejlek
0
Aces
3
4
Double faults
0
49%
1st serve in
67%
62%
1st serve pts won
67%
4/6 (67%)
Break points won
5/11 (45%)
6/11 (55%)
Service games won
7/11 (64%)
4/11 (36%)
Return games won
5/11 (45%)
29/69 (42%)
Return points won
38/82 (46%)
73
Total points won
78
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.