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Elena Rybakina amazed Aryna Sabalenka’s title champion at the Cincinnati Open to organize a semi-final meeting with Iga Swiatek.
Playing in its first tournament since its loss in the semi-final of Wimbledon in July, the world n ° 1 was beaten 6-1 6-4 by Rybakina in just over an hour on Friday.
The Kazakh will face the Wimbledon champion in the semi-finals on Sunday after the third seeded won a 6-3 6-4 victory against Anna Kalinskaya earlier Friday.
Rybakina continued to produce the strong form which saw her reach the semi-finals in Montreal last week before she was beaten by the victor of the shock Victoria Mboko.
The Wimbledon 2022 champion struck 11 AS when she avoided being broken in service, Sabalenka did not take her five break points – one of which came in the first match of the match.
After having broken twice to adapt to the first set, Rybakina broke at the start of the second set for an advance of 2-1, before seeing two breaking points in his penultimate service match to stay in advance.
She finally finished the work with ease, holding to like to see a victory which guarantees that it will rise at least one place in its current position of No. 10 in the world ranking.
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Professional facts of Iga Swiatek against Anna Kalinskaya of the Cincinnati Open.
Poland Swiatek obtained a decisive break to advance 3-1 forward in the first set against the 28th head of Kalinskaya, before saving a break point itself while it closed the opener.
The pair exchanged breaks at the start of the second set, before Swiatek strikes again to go 4-3 ahead. Kalinskaya has shown resilience to survive four match points in a penultimate match of the match, but Swiatek kept his composure to seize the next opportunities later.
On Sunday, a victory for Swiatek would put the former world n ° 1 in its first WTA 1000 final in 15 months and would seal its place in the WTA final at the end of the season for a fifth consecutive year.
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