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Aryna Sabalenka #7 def. Elise Mertens #16

6-1 4-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2021*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-1 4-0 (ret.)
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	45	57
First serve points won %	88	50
Second serve points won %	57	33
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	71	43
Return points won %	57	29
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Elise Mertens
Country	BLR	BEL
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Nov 17, 1995
Age	23	25
Height	182	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	16
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	3,480
Elo (entering)	2,063	2,008
Career W-L	399–138	311–199
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 3 – 2 Elise Mertens

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 7, 2021	SF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2021	R16	Simona Halep	4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2021	R32	Elena Rybakina	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2021	R64	Shuai Zhang	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data