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Aryna Sabalenka def. Anastasia Potapova — Round of 32, Australian Open 2026

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Australian Open 2026

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia

Played23 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇧🇾ranked WTA number 1 going into this drawWon

Aryna Sabalenka seeded 1 7 7

🇦🇹ranked WTA number 54 going into this draw

Anastasia Potapova 64 67

Next · Round of 16vs 🇨🇦Victoria Mboko

What this match is worth

Points earned

Sabalenka +240Potapova +130

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Head to head

3-0Sabalenka

What decided it

  • Both sets went to tiebreaks, Sabalenka took them 7–4 and 9–7
  • Sabalenka broke 4 times from 8 chances, Potapova 4 from 7
  • Potapova won 49% behind her second serve, Sabalenka 65%
  • 2 aces and 6 double faults from Potapova