Sabalenka refused to be beaten at Roma, extending her eight-match winning streak on clay since Madrid's victory

Belarus's top seed and world queen Sabalenka refused to be upset, and on the 11th local time, she came out on top after three sets of fierce battles, and finally reversed the American player 3:6, 6:3, 6:3Sophia Kenin, advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles at the 2025 Rome Tennis Championships, and also continued the 8 consecutive victories on clay since Madrid.

World Ball Queen Sabalenka

"I'm very strict with myself." Sabalenka bluntly said that former Australian Open champion Koning was quite difficult, but fortunately overcame a series of backhand errors in the opening match, adjusted and stabilized in the second set to launch a counterattack, and turned the situation around in 2 hours and 13 minutes, "It was a tough match, she played incredible tennis in the first set. Both sides fought hard and were happy to win this great match. ”

With Poland's second-seeded Swiatek out of the tournament after winning the Rome clay for the third time, Sabalenka is looking for a golden opportunity to reach the top of the Italian capital for the first time in her career and her third WTA 1000-point tournament of the season.

Sabalenka has won the Gold Cup in Miami and Madrid, and she lost to Swiatek in the final in Rome last year, and is now back in the red and will next face Ukrainian rivals Kostyuk for a ticket in the last eight of the Women's Singles.