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Aryna Sabalenka #7 def. Shuai Zhang #44

6-4 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 2022*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-4 7-6(1)
Loser	Shuai Zhang

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Shuai Zhang
Aces	7	3
Double faults	12	2
First serve %	59	76
First serve points won %	69	52
Second serve points won %	29	21
Break points saved %	55	50
Break points converted %	50	45
Service points won %	53	44
Return points won %	56	47
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Shuai Zhang
Country	BLR	CHN
Birth date	May 5, 1998	—
Age	24	—
Height	182	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	44
Ranking points (entering)	3,121	1,200
Elo (entering)	1,929	1,790
Career W-L	399–138	225–288
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$13,136,512

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 3 – 0 Shuai Zhang

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2022	R16	Shelby Rogers	6-4 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2022	R32	Anna Kalinskaya	6-3 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2022	SF	Caroline Garcia	2-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Shuai Zhang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2022	R16	Anett Kontaveit	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2022	R32	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2022	R64	Naomi Osaka	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data