Top seeds are now a combined total of 35-0 at WTA events over the last seven weeks—Sabalenka 6-0 at Indian Wells and 6-0 in Miami, Pegula 5-0 in Charleston, Bouzkova 5-0 in Bogota, Andreeva 4-0 in Linz, Rybakina 4-0 in Stuttgart and Kostyuk 5-0 in Rouen.
Those 35 wins in a row haven’t all come easily, of course.
In the very first tournament of the streak, Indian Wells, Sabalenka faced a match point against Rybakina down 6-5 in the third set tie-break in the final before sneaking out the win, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
In Stuttgart two nights ago, Rybakina saved two match points in the third set—one down 5-4, another down 6-5 in the breaker—to survive Leylah Fernandez in the quarterfinals, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (6).
And in addition to those there have been plenty of three-set wins, including four in a row from Pegula in her first four rounds in Charleston, before she cruised in the final in straight sets.
But at the end of the day, the top seeds at WTA events have come up with the win an incredible 35 times in a row now.
More to come…
