{"id":36817,"date":"2023-05-06T20:03:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T20:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-sabalenka-beats-world-number\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T20:05:09","slug":"tennis-sabalenka-beats-world-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-sabalenka-beats-world-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Sabalenka beats world number one Swiatek to win Madrid title"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fernando Kallas<\/p>\n

MADRID (Reuters) – Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Iga Swiatek 6-3 3-6 6-3 to win the Madrid Open on Saturday, avenging her defeat by the Polish world number one in last month’s Stuttgart final.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka produced a great performance to beat Swiatek for the first time on clay, proving that she will be a serious title contender when the French Open begins later this month. <\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Sabalenka made things rather uncomfortable for Swiatek from the outset with her aggressive tactics, breaking the two-time Roland Garros champion’s serve in the eighth game en route to bagging the first set.<\/p>\n

Swiatek fought back in the second as she raced into a 3-0 lead before levelling the contest at one set all.<\/p>\n

However, Australian Open champion Sabalenka dug in to show that she was no pushover as she opened up a 3-0 lead in the decider.<\/p>\n

Swiatek kept everyone on the edge of their seats as she made it 3-3 in a thrilling third set.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka then went on to break Swiatek’s serve with a brilliant crosscourt forehand before wrapping up the win on her fourth match point. <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, editing by Pritha Sarkar)<\/p>\n

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