Again in three sets and again against one of the favorites, the Kazakh Elena RybakinaWimbledon champion and Australian Open finalist, promoted the popularity of the Brazilian Maria Haddad Maia to qualify for semifinals of the Abu Dhabi tournament.
The South American player achieved her sixth victory over Rybakina against a player ranked in the top ten in the world. I beat the kazakh by 3-6, 6-3 and 6-2 less than twenty-four hours after defeating Yulia Putintseva also in three rounds and after three and a quarter hours of play.
In the first duel between the two players, Haddad Maia fought off his rival’s nineteen straight aces. He did not lose patience and turned the situation around to seal victory after two hours and six minutes and meet the Swiss Belinda BencicOlympic champion and second seed who surpassed the American Shelby Rogers by 7-6 (5) and 6-2.
On the other side of the painting, the Chinese qinwenzheng star in the surprise of the session by knocking off the first seed, the Russian Daria Kasatkina through 6-1 and 6-2. The eastern player will face Lyudmila Samsonovaeighth, who won the rivalry of Russia against his countryman Veronika Kudermetova for double 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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