Sabalenka takes a tough job against Stephens in Chatrier

Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka eliminated American Sloane Stephens 7-6(5), 6-4 after 1h43m of play in the fourth round of Roland Garros. The world No. 2 will meet Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals.

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By ranking and news, Aryna Sabalenka is one of the top favorites to win the title at Roland Garros. However, she must prove it match by match, in a tournament which she always brings us surprises. Her 2023 has titles in Adelaide, Australian Open and Mutual Madrid Openin addition to the finals in Indian Wells y Stuttgart. In Paris he debuted with a solid win over Kostyuk, Shymanovich and Rakhimova. This time he had to measure himself against Sloane Stephens, of a great experience but with another present compared to his best moment. The American won the title in Saint-Malo and semifinals in Rabat as the most important thing of your year.

Sabalenka takes it with a lot of work

Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens They met in the fourth round of Roland Garros.

The first manga was really amazing, with two completely different scenes. First, the Belarusian came out to conquer the court, showing her superiority with her forehand, attacking with her backhand and being effective to break at the start. However, she remained firm, put her rival in trouble and broke again to go 5-0 in a flood. There, the American reacted, unleashed her shots, gave much more of herself, saved set point and discounted 3-5. With all the pressure, Aryna made many mistakes, Sloane took advantage of them and managed to even up, once again saving three set points. After all that intensity, they had to define in the tie break. There, Sabalenka reversed a 2-4 and 4-5 to take possession of it for 7-6(5) a 1h03m.

After tremendous intensity, whirlwind and aggressiveness, the level dropped considerably. With both a little more earthy, everything was much simpler for the Belarusian. After four games in which no advantage was taken, the World No.2 dropped her backhand down the line, found angles to open with her forehand and broke serve. Far from leaving mentally, Stephens put on the overalls, fought again with all her effort and managed to recover to tie up the score. However, Sabalenka calmed down, knew how to control her nerves, put power into her shots and with one more break sentenced the match. 7-6(5), 6-4 after 1h43m.