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Aryna Sabalenka #34 def. Madison Keys #13

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Madison Keys

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Madison Keys
Aces	6	8
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	61	69
First serve points won %	79	76
Second serve points won %	45	29
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Madison Keys
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Feb 17, 1995
Age	20	23
Height	182	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	34	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	3,127
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,889
Career W-L	399–138	363–211
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$24,778,482

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 0 Madison Keys

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Caroline Garcia	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2018	R32	Karolina Pliskova	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R64	Johanna Konta	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	SF	Simona Halep	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Madison Keys's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Angelique Kerber	2-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2018	R32	Camila Giorgi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R64	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data