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Aryna Sabalenka started her 825 Open Paribas Bnp campaign, overcoming a strong challenge of McCartney Kessler, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance in the third round.
The world n. 1 He fought for the shape through the oscillation of the Middle East, winning only one game out of three played in Doha and Dubai, but entrusted a strong service performance to defeat Kessler, an American star in birth, in an hour and 32 minutes on field 1.
Sabalenka had enjoyed a brilliant start of the 2025 season, capturing his 18th WTA title in his career in Brisbane and arriving in a game of winning an open third consecutive Australian. But after losing a three -setter closure against Madison Keys in the final, the disease and apathy aroused its progress in the Middle East.
“I think I’m not so hungry in court,” he said after a defeat directed to Clara Tauson at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. “I am a bit like all the place in my thoughts and not consistent on the field. The decisions I am making on the pitch are a bit wrong and emotionally they are not at best. “
Under the pressure to shoot things in time for the oscillation of the sun, Sabalenka faced another hard opponent of the beginning of the round in Kessler, who needed a joker to play the Indian Wells tennis garden a year ago. In the 12 months following that apparition, the alum of the 25 -year -old University of Florida broke the first 50 bringing home two WTA titles. He reached a third final only last week in Austin and left only three games to Anna Blinkova in his first round on Thursday.
His first game against a world number 1-the previous previous opponent was n. 3 Coco Gauff, who beat last month in Dubai-felt competitive from the beginning. The two kicked off the evening session on Saturday by negotiation service service; Kessler saved the solitary breaking point of the set and forced the set to a tiebreaker. Although he claimed the mini-pausa of opening, Sabalenka stormed the next four points and eventually claimed the set on his second opportunity.
Sabalenka opened with a break to start the second set and hit the back-to-back axes of the night to dig from a 0-30 deficit and put two games from the finish.
The game ended with one last incredible gathering, Kessler played a huge defense while Sabaleka tried to put the game away. The best seed in the end concluded the point with a well -hit flight, getting up in the third round in just over 90 minutes. Waiting for it is Lucia Bronzetti not sitting, which has shocked the seed n. 30 Magdalena Freçh at the beginning of the afternoon (Sabalenka Guide 2-0).
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