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Sabalenka defeated Masarova in straight sets in Berlin Open 2025's quarter-finals
Berlin Open 2025: Top seed Arina Sabalenka on Thursday defeated Switzerland's Rebecca Masarova 6-2, 7-6(6) in straight sets to enter the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open. Sabalenka will now face Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina or the Czech Republic's Katrina Siniakova. Sabalenka was defeated by Coco Gauff in the French Open final.
On Thursday, Top seed Arina Sabalenka defeated Switzerland's Rebecca Masarova 6-2, 7-6(6) in straight sets to enter the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open. The match that got postponed due to rain on Wednesday was finally completed.
After losing to American Coco Gauff in the recent French Open final, Sabalenka kept her cool against Masarova in the match on Thursday and came back with a great volley to force Masarova to a tiebreaker. However, after this Sabalenka lost two match points, but even after that she came back and won.
Next up for Sabalenka is Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan or Katrina Siniakova of the Czech Republic. In the other match, Czech Marketa Vondrousova, who won the 2023 Wimbledon championship, defeated Russia's Diana Schneider 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 and reached the semi-final round. Now her opponent would be the two-time finalist on Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur.
