WTA French Open – Aryna Sabalenka vs Jil Teichmann

WTA French Open – Aryna Sabalenka vs Jil Teichmann

🧠 Form & Context

Aryna Sabalenka
💣 First-Round Destruction: Crushed Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1, 6-0 in just 61 minutes, a display of pure domination with 2 break points saved and zero moments of vulnerability.
🏆 Reigning Queen of the Tour: Boasts an incredible 35–6 W/L record in 2025, with a Slam final (Australian Open), multiple deep runs, and over a dozen finals in the past 16 months.
🧱 Paris Pedigree: Seeking her sixth consecutive third-round appearance at RG, with ambitions far beyond that this year.
🔋 Fitness & Focus: Currently the most complete player on tour with few weaknesses—her physical power is now paired with mental stability.

Jil Teichmann
📈 Return to Slam Wins: Scored her first Grand Slam main-draw win since the 2023 Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Lucrezia Stefanini.
🎾 Former Clay Threat: Owns two career titles on clay and a solid lefty game tailored to longer rallies—but hasn’t consistently challenged top opponents since 2022.
📉 Downturn & Recovery: Dropped out of the top 100 in 2024 and is only now starting to rebuild confidence and ranking.
🧠 Mental Fragility: Dropped 4 service games in R1 against an unseeded opponent, and has yet to beat a top-10 player in over two years.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Sabalenka’s current game is simply too clean, too confident, and too aggressive for a player like Teichmann to hang with over two sets. The Belarusian’s raw power, particularly off the serve and return, overwhelms anyone who can’t neutralize it with impeccable depth and movement—traits Teichmann is no longer delivering consistently.

The Swiss player might have the lefty spin and clay resume to complicate things on a good day, but this isn’t 2021 Cincinnati. Sabalenka’s ability to dictate from both wings and her comfort level even on slower surfaces like Parisian clay will make it very difficult for this to become competitive.

🔮 Prediction

Prediction: Sabalenka in 2 sets – There may be brief flashes of resistance from Teichmann, but Sabalenka is simply operating at a different level.