Aryna Sabalenka def. Linda Noskova — Semifinal, Indian Wells Open 2026

🇺🇸
Indian Wells Open 2026

WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA

Played13 Mar 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 6 6

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 14 going into this draw

Linda Noskova seeded 14 3 4

🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkavL. NoskovaLinda Noskova🇨🇿

🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka

🇨🇿Linda Noskova

Match stats

Serve

11

Aces

5

2

Double faults

6

66%

1st serve in

59%

74%

1st serve points won

61%

60%

2nd serve points won

44%

69%

Service points won

54%

2/3

Break points saved

7/10

Return

46%

Return points won

31%

3/10

Break points won

1/3

76

Total points won

60

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

9–1

Last 10 matches

7–3

4–0

Last 30 days

5–1

By surface

18–2

Hard

19–8

4–1

Indoor hard

–

By round

3–1

SF

2–0

1–2

F

0–2

7–1

At WTA 1000s

13–4

How their matches go

25

Completed matches

24

76%

Won in straight sets

33%

12%

Won after losing a set

33%

8%

Lost after winning a set

13%

4%

Lost in straight sets

21%

5–2

Tiebreaks

3–3

3–2

Deciding sets

8–3

21/22

Won after winning set 1

13/14

1/3

Won after losing set 1

3/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

67%

1st serve in

60%

76%

1st serve points won

77%

56%

2nd serve points won

52%

79%

Break points saved

53%

41%

Return points won

42%

33%

Break points won

41%

5.4

Aces a match

7.4

2.0

Double faults a match

5.0

Last 14 days

4

Matches

4

8

Sets

10

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentAryna SabalenkaLinda Noskova
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16
🇯🇵OsakaNo. 16WonIndian Wells R16WonWuhan R32
🇷🇴CirsteaNo. 35
🇷🇴CirsteaNo. 35WonBrisbane R16WonIndian Wells R32LostDubai R32
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3
🇰🇿RybakinaNo. 3LostMelbourne FLostRiyadh FWonWuhan QFWonTokyo SFLostWuhan R16
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 91
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 91WonMelbourne R32WonBeijing R16
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6
🇺🇸AnisimovaNo. 6WonRiyadh SFLostBeijing F
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 5
🇺🇸PegulaNo. 5WonRiyadh RRLostWuhan SFWonBeijing SF
Total
Total6–35–3

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAryna SabalenkaLinda Noskova
1Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 10No. 10 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 MarWon🇦🇺T. GibsonTalia GibsonNo. 110No. 110 · 12 MarIndian Wells QF · 12 Mar
2Won🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 16No. 16 · 10 MarIndian Wells R16 · 10 MarWon🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 31No. 31 · 10 MarIndian Wells R16 · 10 Mar
3Won🇷🇴J. CristianJaqueline CristianNo. 33No. 33 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 MarWon🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 35No. 35 · 8 MarIndian Wells R32 · 8 Mar
4Won🇯🇵H. SakatsumeHimeno SakatsumeNo. 135No. 135 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarWon🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48No. 48 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
5Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 5No. 5 · 31 JanMelbourne F · 31 JanLost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 31No. 31 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
6Won🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 12No. 12 · 29 JanMelbourne SF · 29 JanWon🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 41No. 41 · 15 FebDubai R64 · 15 Feb
7Won🇺🇸I. JovicIva JovicNo. 30No. 30 · 27 JanMelbourne QF · 27 JanLost🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 73No. 73 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 Feb
8Won🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 17No. 17 · 25 JanMelbourne R16 · 25 JanWon🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 29No. 29 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 Feb
9Won🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 54No. 54 · 23 JanMelbourne R32 · 23 JanLost🇨🇳X. WangXinyu WangNo. 43No. 43 · 24 JanMelbourne R32 · 24 Jan
10Won🇨🇳Z. BaiZhuoxuan BaiR64 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 JanWon🇦🇺T. PrestonTaylah PrestonNo. 204No. 204 · 22 JanMelbourne R64 · 22 Jan