Sabalenka - Go Big! Early! - Tennis Analytics

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Aryna Sabalenka’s game plan was consistent throughout the event – Go BIG early! 86% of all of her points ended before each player had touched the ball 3x. Less than 8% of all points she played went longer than 8 shots. Sabalenka won 56% of all points played.

And on Serve, Sabalanka was devastating! In the past her achilles heel has been the 2nd serve, with many inopportune double faults. Not at AO! She served more Aces than opponents (5% vs 3%) and fewer Double Faults (3% vs 4%). Once the point got started, she then proceeded to hit more than double the number of Winners to her opponents.

Sabalenka took a non-traditional approach at the 2023 AO and it paid off. She made slightly fewer errors than opponents, but hit considerably more winners. The traditional approach would be to make considerably fewer errors than your opponent and then match or just edge opponents on the winners count.

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