Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenkaworld no 3, defeated the Polish Iga Swiatek (1st) of the double 6-3 and is waiting for the final of WTA 1,000 on the hard court Cincinnati (USA) to his great friend Paula Badosa or the American Jessica Pegulaprotagonists of the second semi-final.
In a match marred by a brief stoppage due to light rain, Sabalenka dominated against a Swiatek who was already very demanding in his quarterfinal match against the youngsters. Mirra Andreeva: 24 winners to just 12 for the Pole and fairly even in the number of unforced errors (25-22).
In fact, the Belarusian had seven match points to close out the match 6-3 and 6-1, but Iga fought back like his rare opponent and extended the match a little more. Swiatek threatened to strike fear into her rival’s body, but Sabalenka finally took advantage of her 10th match-ball and advanced to her fifth final of 2024 after 1h.47′ of play.
Aryna achieved her fourth victory over Swiatek, although the No. 1 continues to easily dominate her statistics against the Belarusian (8-4), whom she has won this season in the finals of two other WTA 1,000 tournaments. Madrid and Rome.
Sabalenka also lost in the Brisbane final this year, against Elena Rybakinabut reaffirmed the title at first grand slam of the season, the Australian Open. The Belarusian, who regained the No. 2 in the ranking at the expense of the American Coco Gauffwill compete in her 29th WTA final, so far with a distribution of titles (14) and losses (14).
Source: La Verdad
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