Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: Sabalenka or Barty - who will win the title in Stuttgart?
Who will win the title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2021? Ashleigh Barty and ArynaSabalenka face each other in the final today in Stuttgart.
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last edit: Apr 25, 2021, 08:50 am
For a premiere, Ashleigh Barty's run at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart is worthy of all honor: the Australian had never before played in an indoor clay court, and now she could take part in two trophies (and the winning car) on Sunday on their ongoing world tour. Barty is not only in the singles final against Aryna Sabalenka, but also plays for the title in doubles alongside Jennifer Brady.
The conditions are a little different than she is used to from her other matches on Asche, according to the 2019 French Open winner. But: "I don't feel like a cow on the ice at all. I get from match to match Better. You get used to the slippery surface under your feet. With every match I get more experience and that calms me down. "
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Barty beats Sabalenka in Miami
In view of the upcoming task against Sabalenka, two other things may contribute to calming down: With the successes against Karolina Pliskova in the quarter-finals and Elina Svitolina in the semi-finals, Ashleigh Barty has now won nine of the last ten matches with top ten opponents. One of them against Sabalenka - the success in the round of eight in Miami was hard won.
This is to be expected no different on Sunday. Because the Belarusian passed Simona Halep in the semifinals extremely humorless with 6: 3 and 6: 2. Sabalenka has won 18 out of 23 matches this year. And her final balance sheet is also impressive: the 22-year-old has won nine finals and lost only four. Like Barty, who was successful in Miami, Aryna Sabalenka has already entered the list of winners on the WTA tour in 2021: with the success in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of the year.
Here the single tableau in Stuttgart
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