As predicted. She will be the no. 2 in the world, Aryna Sabalenkato face in Final on Saturday 18 May in Rome with the n.1 in the ranking, Iga Swiatekin Italian internationals. On the red clay of the Foro Italico the Minsk native won with a score of 7-5 6-2 against the American Danielle Collins (world no.15). After a very hard-fought first half, Sabalenka came out and spread in the second half, reaching the final stage of the Capitoline tournament for the first time in her career.
In the first set Sabalenka’s flying start. The Belarusian is very aggressive in response, putting the American in great difficulty when she finds herself playing the second serve: 4-1 and break for the WTA n.2. Well done, however, by Collins in finding his way back with excellent winners on the forehand side. Sabalenka’s errors increase and the 4-4 becomes reality. She goes into battle and, at the end of the day, the winner of the 2024 Australian Open comes out on top, always taking advantage of her incisiveness in response (7-5).
In the ifcondo set Collins’ serving performance isn’t perfect and Sabalenka knows how to take advantage of it surgically in the second and eighth games, breaking serve from her rival. The result is a 6-2 which brings the curtain down on the match in favor of the girl originally from Minsk.
Reading the statistics, worth mentioning are the 4 aces, 74% of the points won with the first serve and 57% with the second serve of the Belarusian. A figure which, combined with the 59% of the fifteen obtained in response to Collins’ second serve, made a big difference.
