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Aryna Sabalenka #7 def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #41

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 7, 2021*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Aces	4	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	69	45
Second serve points won %	74	62
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	71	51
Return points won %	49	29
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Jul 3, 1991
Age	23	29
Height	182	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	41
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	1,690
Elo (entering)	2,076	1,815
Career W-L	399–138	415–324
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$16,114,597

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2021	QF	Elise Mertens	6-1 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2021	R16	Jessica Pegula	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2021	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2021	R64	Vera Zvonareva	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2021	F	Ashleigh Barty	6-0 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2021	QF	Karolina Muchova	7-6(4) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2021	R16	Jennifer Brady	7-5 6-7(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2021	R32	Karolina Pliskova	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2021	R64	Madison Keys	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data