{"id":51513,"date":"2025-05-11T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=51513"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:41:33","slug":"aryana-sabalenka-squeezes-past-sofia-kenin-to-storm-into-rome-masters-last-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/aryana-sabalenka-squeezes-past-sofia-kenin-to-storm-into-rome-masters-last-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryana Sabalenka Squeezes Past Sofia Kenin to Storm into Rome Masters Last 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the last 16 of Rome Masters 2025 after a thrilling victory against Sofia Kenin on Sunday. The world No. 1 fought back from a set down to beat the former Australian Open winner 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Sabalenka has claimed a 33rd WTA match win of 2025, most of any player.<\/p><p>Chasing her first Italian Open title and third 1000 series crown of the season, the Belarusian had a tough assignment against Kenin, who won the opening set 6-3. Sabalenka came back and won remaining two sets in a dominant way to close the game. This match lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20th WTA 1000 win of 2025 and counting&hellip;&#128293;<br><br>Sabalenka defeats Kenin and is into the next round<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/IBI25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#IBI25<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@WTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TmFzrqtC0V\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/TmFzrqtC0V<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Internazionali BNL d'Italia (@InteBNLdItalia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InteBNLdItalia\/status\/1921526488228053204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/day-of-upsets-at-the-2025-italian-open-as-iga-swiatek-taylor-fritz-and-madison-keys-bow-out\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Day of Upsets at the 2025 Italian Open as Iga Swiatek, Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys Bow Out<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sabalenka Pulls Off a Comeback Win after Going One-Set Down <\/h2><p>Aryana Sabalenka proved why the Belarusian has reached the final of her last four tournaments. She was one set down in the round-of-32 and the pressure was mounting on her. Kenin, the No. 31-seeded American, committed nine double faults with the Belarusian committing four. Sabalenka doled out 5 aces and didn&rsquo;t allow the American ace to control the game. <\/p><p>Sabalenka converted 6\/23 break points in her round-of-32 tie at the Foro Italico and it was the second instance for the world No. 1 when she generated 20+ break-point opportunities. With this win, Sabalenka extended <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/aryna-sabalenka-vs-sofia-kenin-head-to-head-record-prediction-and-betting-odds-for-wta-italian-open-2025-round-3\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>head-to-head record<\/a> to 4-1 over Kenin on the WTA Tour. Sabalenka had a 58% win on the first serve and a 61% win on the 2nd. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An upset in the works? &#128064;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SofiaKenin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@SofiaKenin<\/a> takes the first set over Sabalenka 6-3. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/IBI25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#IBI25<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cGKSFZxZrp\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/cGKSFZxZrp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; wta (@WTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WTA\/status\/1921504352679637160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Aryana Sabalenka, the world No. 1, won her 8th consecutive game and will take on Marta Kostyuk, who overcame Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-2 in round-of-32. The Belarusian can chase her third 1000 series title of the season as her biggest rival, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/day-of-upsets-at-the-2025-italian-open-as-iga-swiatek-taylor-fritz-and-madison-keys-bow-out\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Iga Swiatek suffered a defeat <\/a>against Danielle Collins on Saturday.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/aryna-sabalenka-vs-sofia-kenin-head-to-head-record-prediction-and-betting-odds-for-wta-italian-open-2025-round-3\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/day-of-upsets-at-the-2025-italian-open-as-iga-swiatek-taylor-fritz-and-madison-keys-bow-out\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Day of Upsets at the 2025 Italian Open as Iga Swiatek, Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys Bow Out<\/a><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I was going really tough on myself,&rdquo;<\/em> Sabalenka said in her on-court interview. <em>&ldquo;It was a tough match &mdash; she played incredible tennis in the first set. It was a great fight and super happy to get this match.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this win, Sabalenka extended head-to-head record to 4-1 over Kenin on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":51521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[6467,6332,5436],"class_list":["post-51513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-aryana-sabalenka","tag-rome-masters","tag-sofia-kenin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aryana Sabalenka Squeezes Past Sofia Kenin to Storm into Rome Masters Last 16 - 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