And Barty, also playing in the final of the tournament for the first time, had threatened to break her opponent at 4-3 in the decider. Sabalenka squandered a one-set lead to lose to Barty in the Stuttgart Open final two weeks ago. Avenges her last two losses to Barty in Stuttgart, Miami.

The pair exchanged breaks in the second set before Australian Barty, 25, finally discovered some momentum to break her opponent again to seal the set.Īryna Sabalenka wins her 10th career title and 1st clay title and will rise to No.4 in the rankings on Monday.ĭefeats Barty 60 36 64 to hand the No.1 her 1st loss on red clay since 2019 Rome. The 23-year-old from Belarus produced a clinical first set, dropping just four points, as Barty failed to win a single game in the set to record a bagel for the first time in four years. But in-form Sabalenka had not dropped a single set in Madrid in the lead-up to the final and began in imperious fashion. Sabalenka moves up into 4th in the world rankingĪt 4-4 in the deciding set Sabalenka broke Barty and then held her nerve on serve to secure her 10th WTA Tour career title which will see her climb up to fourth from seventh in the world rankings on Monday.īarty was on a streak of nine consecutive WTA Tour titles and had not lost to an opponent in the top 10 since the WTA Finals in 2019. Barty, who had won 16 consecutive matches on red clay, rallied in the second set to get herself back on level terms. Sabalenka wrapped up the first set to love in just 25 minutes as an unusually sluggish Barty struggled to find any kind of rhythm to her game. Aryna Sabalenka won the Madrid Open after a 6-0 3-6 6-4 victory over world number one Ashleigh Barty on Saturday.

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