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Aryna Sabalenka #20 def. Dominika Cibulkova #31

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 2018*
Tournament	Wuhan
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Dominika Cibulkova

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Dominika Cibulkova
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	76	48
Second serve points won %	43	50
Break points saved %	25	50
Break points converted %	50	75
Service points won %	63	49
Return points won %	51	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Dominika Cibulkova
Country	BLR	SVK
Birth date	May 5, 1998	May 6, 1989
Age	20	29
Height	182	161
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,320	1,515
Elo (entering)	1,908	1,854
Career W-L	399–138	365–261
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$13,725,520

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 0 Dominika Cibulkova

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R16	Sofia Kenin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2018	R32	Elina Svitolina	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2018	R64	Carla Suárez Navarro	7-6(2) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	SF	Ashleigh Barty	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dominika Cibulkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R16	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2018	R32	Simona Halep	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2018	R64	Monica Niculescu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data