Article by Roxana Fleşeru – published on Saturday, 03 May 2025 21:14 / Updated on Saturday, 03 May 2025 22:52
Aryna Sabalenka (26 years old, 1 WTA) won the third trophy of the year, after defeating Coco Gauff (21 years, 4 WTA) with 6-3, 7-6 (3). She equalized at the number of successes on Petra Kvitova, the one who held the record of the victories from Caja Magica, the Czech imposing three times in Madrid.
Aryna Sabalenka is a dominant leader, she played the sixth final of the season on the slag from Caja Magica, managing to prevail in Miami, Brisbane, now and Madrid. The Belarus player was also present in the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Stuttgart.
Belarusa checked the fourth final in Madrid, only Simona Halep had such a balance, an atypical slag tournament because it is played at a certain altitude, and the game is different. Already a champion in 2021 and 2023, Sabalenka started extremely aggressive in the match with Coco Gauff that he met the tenth time in the WTA circuit, leading with 5-4.
The world leader debuted in force, also taking advantage of the American emotions, for the first time in a final in Madrid. Nor did the service click from the first, Coco being punished with winning returns on the second service. Aryna went quickly to 4-1, but the fourth player of the world did not surrender immediately, but after 35 minutes she closed the first set with 6-3.
The Belarus player had 75 percent at work, gathering 12 strokes and 9 unforced mistakes. Coco Gauff was 57 percent at work, having a 9-11 balance between directly winning strokes and unforced mistakes.
Aryna Sabalenka returned from 3-5 in the second set
The good signs in the American game in the first set materialized at the beginning of the second, when Gauff changed the tactics, taking over the initiative, not not time for the opponent, forcing her to hit from the center and putting short at important times. He distanced to 3-1, managing to keep his advantage after a close fight in the sixth game in which there were three equalities, two break balls and four ranges.
Aryna Sabalenka in action at Madrid Photo Guliver/Gettyimages
Americanca was not able to get rid of the opponent's return when he served to send the final in decisive. With a hesitant evolution at work, she first gave Aryna three break balls at 5-4, one of them disappearing after at 15-40, Belarus players went wrong and escaped the rocket in her hand, a moment that made her smile.
31 victoriesgathered Aryna Sabalenka this season out of the 36 disputed parties
He managed to make the break at the fifth opportunity, equaling at 5 and hoping to close the final in two sets. He had ball to do this, but Coco managed to cancel it with an extremely well placed service.
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He arrived at Tie-Break, where Sabalenka opened with a reverb passing. Three points in a row until Gauff managed a return of a kinorama winner. Americanca equalized at 3, prolonging the suspense and drama from Caja Magica.
A number of another three points stopped near Aryna, and Coco put the match with a double mistake, the score being 6-3, 7-6 (3). The second set lasted 64 minutes.
cute moment 🥹 pic.twitter.com/siimwbiic
– WTA (@wta) May 3, 2025
It was Aryna's sixth victory in front of a top 10 opponent in 2025 from so many games with such players.
She prevailed for the third time in Madrid, thus equalizing the record held by Petra Kvitova, who won in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
20 trophiesHas Palmares Aryna Sabalenka, she disputing another 17 finals
