At the Mutua Madrid Open 2023, Aryna Sabalenka takes revenge on the final in Stuttgart, which took place two weeks ago, and beats Iga Swiatek in the final with the result of 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The world number two conquers the second WTA 1000 title of her career (since there is the new name WTA 1000-ed.) Her first was the Mutua Madrid Open, won two years ago.
Both aggressive from the first exchanges, Sabalenka however seems from the first exchanges more centered than her opponent, who in her first service games does not find her first and above all misses too much on the forehand side.
Despite this, in the sixth game, down 40-15, Swiatek manages to recover the disadvantage and reach 3-3, not without difficulty. In the eighth game, the Polish tennis player falls back: again down 40-15, she finds herself having to defend two break points.
She did well in the first, thanks to a backhand error by the Belarusian, but in the second she conceded the break, which had already been in the air for a while. An ace and a perfect backhand close the first set in favor of Sabalenka.
Swiatek takes the break at the first opportunity. Unlike her opponent, however, Sabalenka doesn’t fit: Swiatek slows down, she accelerates. Thus, in the fifth game, the number two in the world recovers the break,…
