The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, fifth player in the world and seeded n°2, won the WTA tournament in Adelaide in Australia, after her victory, in the final, against the Czech Linda Noskova, 102nd player in the world and resulting from the qualifications.
Aryna Sabalenka starts the year 2023 perfectly well. The Belarusian, fifth player in the world and seeded n°2, won the WTA tournament in Adelaide in Australia, after her victory, in the final, against the Czech Linda Noskova, 102nd player in the world and from the qualifications, in two sets (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and 1h46 of play. In the first set, at 2-1, the Belarusian got two first break points, before having to save two, in turn, in stride. Finally, just after, Aryna Sabalenka managed to break. With this advantage still in hand, the best ranked of the two then went to conclude and pocket this first round (6-3).
Noskova’s jump in ranking
Finally, in the second and last round, the fifth player in the world got a break point at 3-4 then another at 4-4 and, finally, a last one at 5-5. Same thing for the Czech, at 4-3. Unable to decide between themselves, the two players went to the tie break. In this decisive game, it was the seeded n°2 who ended up having the last word, on his second match point (7-6 (4)). Linda Noskova was playing her very first final on the WTA circuit, but she will still have to wait before winning her first title. However, the Czech will be able to console herself, because, this Monday, on the occasion of the next publication of the WTA rankings, she will be 56th player in the world, thanks to a jump of 46 positions. For her part, Aryna Sabalenka, who will remain world number five, was playing her 19th final. The Belarusian wins her very first title since April 2021.