The Kazakh Elena Rybakina end Poland’s ambitions on Saturday Iga Swiatek after winning his third title at the Stuttgart tournament, he defeated him in the semifinals and met the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the final this Sunday.
Rybakina beat the world number one 6-3, 4-6 and 6-3 in 2 hours and 49 minutes to snap Swiatek’s ten-match winning streak at the German tournament and earn a new champion at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.
In the final, Rybakina will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, who defeated Czech Marketa Vondrousova, seeded number 6, 7-6 (2) and 6-2.
Rybakina and Kostyuk They shared the wins in their two previous matches.
The Kazakh has beaten a world number 1 player on five occasions, four of them against Swiatek himself. He is in his fifth final of the season, and hopes to add the winner’s trophy in Stuttgart to his achievements in Adelaide and Abu Dhabi. He is also runner-up Doha and Miami.
The Kazakh is the first player to reach five finals in the first four months of the season since then Victoria Azarenka in 2012.
Source: La Verdad
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