Sabalenka undisputed queen in Wuhan

From the start of the match, Aryna Sabalenka proved to be a conqueror. In harmony with her serve (79% of first serves), the Belarusian continued to attack her opponent, making very few errors. Dominant on her put in play, Sabalenka also took advantage of Zheng’s low first ball rate (42%) to string together winning returns. The Olympic champion tensed up, before getting stuck at the worst of times. On a fourth double fault, the Chinese gave the Belarusian a break, 4-2. The world number 2 then only had to confirm to finally win the first set 6-3, without having conceded a single break point.