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Karolina Muchova #17 def. Aryna Sabalenka #2

6-7(4) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 2023*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Karolina Muchova
Score	6-7(4) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Karolina Muchova	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	3	3
Double faults	6	10
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	76	60
Second serve points won %	40	53
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	63	57
Return points won %	43	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karolina Muchova	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	CZE	BLR
Birth date	Aug 21, 1996	May 5, 1998
Age	26	25
Height	180	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,423	8,746
Elo (entering)	1,979	2,097
Career W-L	176–88	399–138
Career earnings	$14,881,307	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Karolina Muchova 1 – 1 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Karolina Muchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2023	QF	Marie Bouzkova	3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2023	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2023	R32	Petra Martic	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2023	R64	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6-7(3) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Muchova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2023	F	Coco Gauff	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2023	QF	Ons Jabeur	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2023	R16	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2023	R32	Ann Li	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data