On Friday Sabalenka was about to get kicked out by Sara Sorribes Tormo trailing 1 set (6-0) and 4-2 in the 2nd set .... Sara even was several times in A-40 in the 7th game in the 2nd set.
How did Sabalenka manage to get out of this sticky situation? Pretty impressive.
Azarenka had an "easier" cruise, and just recently in Lexington Jennifer Brady easily won against Gauff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bn2UZXHY3k
Sabalenka had a real trouble against Gauff, taking it all the way to a 3rd set tie break.
I think Sabalenka needed more time to get used to the tournament which is about to end...
Sabalenka is definitely playing a great tennis, it's hard to tell which one of them would win... if Azarenka would play the way she did against Mertens she would probably win but the way she did against Sakkari - not sure if this would be enough...
All in all .... what do you think?