This Saturday there is only one place left in the semifinals at stake in the WTA Finals, awarded to Caroline García after a high-intensity match, which lasted two and a half hours and ended with a third set that lasted one hour and twenty minutes. the french she beat Daria Kasatkina 4-6, 6-1 and 7-6(5).
The Russian won the first set 6-4, but García fought back in time and came back to reach the semifinals.
He dominated the second set 6-1 and took the deciding set in a tiebreak. Both players suffered on their serve and had four breaks and thirteen broken balls.
But finally the WTA 1,000 champion of Cincinnati managed to make it to the semifinals, where he would face Sakkariwho won the Nancy Richey group with a full number of victories.
In the other game of the day, the Polish Iga Swiatek achieved full success this Saturday in the group stage by defeating American Coco Gauffand met Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.
Swiatek, who came into this match certain to reach the semifinals as the top seed in his group, gave Gauff no chance, already eliminated, and won 6-3, 6-1 in a match that lasted just one hour and ten minutes.
The Polish move, number one in the world ranking, prevailed over Gauff, number four, and advanced to the semifinals without losing a set.
She defeated Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3 and García 6-3, 6-2. In total, he lost only thirteen games on his clean path to the semi-finals.
Swiatek, champion of eight tournaments this year, including Roland Garros and the US Open, will compete for her first WTA Finals and her first obstacle is Sabalenka, who finished second in the Nancy Richey group.
The two players have met four times this year with Swiatek victories in all of them in Doha, Stuttgart, Rome and in the semifinals of the US Open.
In addition to Roland Garros and the US Open, the 21-year-old Polish player won in Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and San Diego.
Both semifinals will be played this Sunday while the title will be determined in the final this Monday.
The contest puts a prize of five million dollars at stake.
WTA Finals
semifinals
María Sakkari-Caroline Garcia (9:30 pm Spanish time)
Iga Swiatek-Aryna Sabalenka (01:30 Spanish time)
Source: La Verdad
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