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Top Seed Sabalenka Beats Masarova in Straight Sets to Reach Berlin Quarters

BERLIN, GERMANY, JUN 19 – Sabalenka criticized the match suspension citing slippery court conditions after first set win, with officials halting play for safety; she won the resumed match to reach Berlin Open quarter-finals.

  • Aryna Sabalenka defeated Rebeka Masarova 6-2, 7-6 at the 2025 Berlin Open to reach the quarter-finals.
  • Sabalenka played this match less than two weeks after her loss to Coco Gauff in the final of the French Open and following an apology for previously made unprofessional remarks.
  • The match was suspended on Wednesday due to slippery court conditions from rising humidity and resumed on Thursday, with Masarova pushing Sabalenka to a tiebreak.
  • The 27-year-old Sabalenka has won 20 titles but none on grass and aims to build her form before Wimbledon, where she will next face 11th-ranked Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
  • Sabalenka bids to reach the Berlin semi-finals for the first time, while other notable players like Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur also advanced in this grass-court tournament.
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tennis-infinity.com broke the news in on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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