Aryna Sabalenka and Mirra Andreeva completely crushed Iga Swiatek and Paula Badosa within the opening match of the Staff Hawks and Staff Eagles tie.
On Friday afternoon in Abu Dhabi, the world No. 1 and the rising Russian star dropped only one sport en path to sealing a 6-1 win in 25 minutes over the four-time French Open champion and the Spanish former world No. 2.
Within the fourth and sixth video games, there was deuce – the deciding level needed to be performed – and sadly for Swiatek and Badosa, they misplaced it each instances as Sabalenka and Andreeva earned back-to-back breaks en path to opening a 5-0 lead.
After dropping the opening 5 video games, the Pole and the Spaniard routinely served out the sixth sport to get on the board but in addition keep away from a bagel.
Iga Swiatek and Paula Badosa© World Tennis League/X – Truthful Use
Then within the following sport, they even saved a match level to get the sport to 40/40 and drive a deciding level. However as soon as once more, the Belarusian and the Russian have been those successful that time and that is how the match ended.
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— World Tennis League (@TennisWorl76726) December 20, 2024 Sabalenka performs subsequent towards Badosa
After assembly in a doubles match, the three-time Grand Slam champion and the 2021 Indian Wells winner – who’re greatest mates on the Tour – will return to the courtroom however this time for a singles match.
Since Staff Eagles have opened a 6-1 lead, Badosa might want to come up huge within the upcoming conflict or in any other case Staff Hawks are in peril of being well-behind after the opening two matches.
On the Tour, they’ve met seven instances and Sabalenka leads their head-to-head 5-2. Of their final assembly that got here in the course of the French Open, the present world No. 1 accomplished a 7-5 6-1 win.
