On the morning of November 14th, Beijing time, the 2021 women’s tennis WTA year-end finals continued in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the second round of the Chichen Itza group, the top seed Sabalenka had a rare appearance. 16 double errors, first dropped a set and started a counterattack, defeated Polish teenager Swatek 2-6/6-2/7-5 and won the first singles victory of his personal career finals. The group stage record is one win and one loss. Hope to qualify, two consecutive defeats Swatek out of the game early.
The Belarusian star Sabalenka ushered in a soaring record this season. Abu Dhabi won the championship in the first stop of the season. After that, he got rid of the spell of the fourth round of the Grand Slam. Both Wimbledon and the US Open have reached the semifinals. The rest of the races On the other hand, he reached the finals three times and won two championships, including the first WTA1000 compulsory Madrid championship, and the world ranking rose to second, setting a new personal high. In the finals of this station, Sabalenka played as the number one seed, and also qualified for the finals for the first time. In the group debut, he lost 10 consecutive games and lost 0-2 to Bardoza. In the second round of the group, Sabalenka encountered Polish teenager Swatek, who is the 2020 French Open women’s singles champion. This season, the Roma champion is accounted for. For the first time in the finals, the team lost 0-2 to Sakari. This game is also the first time the two played against each other. After losing the first group match, the losing side of the game will be declared out in advance.
In the first set, Swatek took the lead to serve lovegame. In the second game, Sabalenka met with a 40-40 tie in his first serve, and then it was difficult to serve consecutively to score a 1-1 tie. Then entered a round of their respective rhythms. Swatek took a 3-2 lead with the advantage of the first serve. In the sixth game, the deadlock was broken. Sabalenka kept sending out opportunities with a series of mistakes. Swatek continued. The attacking second serve scored a 4-point break, and Swatek took advantage of the opportunity to secure a 5-2 lead. In the eighth inning, Sabalenka had to send a break point again with a guaranteed serve. Swatek completed the second break with a straight line of winning points, winning the first set 6-2.
In the second set, the scores were tied 1-1 at the beginning of the game. In the third game, Sabalenka forced a break point opportunity. Swatek returned the ball and missed the chance before the shallow Sabalenka net. The score came to a 2-2 tie. In the fifth game, Sabalenka continued to attack the opponent. The bottom line continued to shoot the ball and forced the opponent to return to the net to get the break point. Swatek saved a break point and then backhanded and went out of bounds to lose the game. Sabalenka Card even broke the belt to guarantee a 4-2 lead. In the seventh game, the serve under the pressure of Swatek fell again. Sabalenka retrieved the winning points and scored consecutively to complete the second break to lead 5-2. Then Sabalenka served in the winning game and continued to win the game. It was difficult to save three break points, and the second set was 6-2 and the total score was 1-1.
In the deciding set, the starters were tied at 1-1. In the third game, Sabalenka took the lead and got 40-15 consecutive break points. Swatek saved a break point and then missed the backhand by a backhand mistake. In the fourth game, Swatek quickly counterattacked and finished back to a 2-2 tie. Next, we entered the rhythm of their respective guards. One round of guards brought the score to a 5-5 tie. In the eleventh round of the end of the game, Sabalenka continued to maintain a strong offensive posture. Swatek was slightly conservative in the pressure game. After missing multiple offensive opportunities, Sabalenka scored the break point and hit the backslash to break the winning point. Then he took the opportunity to win the game and won the deciding set 7-5.
In the end, the top seed Sabalenka reversed Swatek 2-1 and won his first singles victory in the career finals. The group stage record was one win and one loss to retain the hope of qualifying. The whole game took 2 hours and 18 minutes. In the game, Sabalenka completed 8 ACES balls and had a rare 16 double faults, while Swatek had 2 ACES balls and 3 double faults. Leading by 60%, Sabalenka’s first serve scoring rate reached 83% to lead the opponent. In the break point, Swatek broke 3 times with 7 break points, while Sabalenka cashed 4 times with 7 break points.Return to Sohu to see more
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