Beaten in the final at the Stuttgart tournament in mid-April, Aryna Sabalenka did not want to give her chance to win on clay for the first time of the season. And it is done with her victory, Saturday May 3, 2025, against the American Coco Gauff in two sets 6-3, 7-6 (7/3).
The world n ° 1 thus offers a great victory for its second battered earth tournament of the season. The 26-year-old Belarusian with the three coronations in Grand Chelem thus confirmed her great shape and was full of confidence at three weeks of Roland-Garros, where she never won.
Sabalenka knocks off Gauff and puts pressure on Swiatek
As usual, Sabalenka knocked out his opponent with the power of his blows. She was much more conquering on the court Manolo Santana. She only left Coco Gauff crumbs in the first set, like the double break and the four white games that allowed her to lead 4 to 1.
The American is gaining momentum in the second round, until she has a set at 5-4. It was ultimately the world n ° 1 that took the game, before winning in the tie-break thanks to the 8e Double fault of GAUFF.
Already crowned in Miami this season on Hard, finalist at the Australian Open and Indian Wells, Sabalenka widens even more with his competitors in the WTA ranking and will have more than 4,000 points ahead of IGA Swiatek on Monday. Sabalenka puts pressure on the Polish, triple title holder at Roland-Garros and unrecognizable in Madrid, where she was swept away in half by Gauff 6-1, 6-1.
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