The Kazakh tennis player, world number 10, won the fourth title of her sports career after beating the Belarusian for the first time in straight sets.
The first WTA 1000 of his career i have this sunday Elena Rybakina (10th), after beating Aryna Sabalenka (2nd) by partials of 7-6 (11) and 6-4 in the final of indian goods in the USA.
A campaign that the one who was born in Moscow will remember for a long time, because not only did he afford the luxury of adding his first event at this level to his record, but – to achieve this – he beat the world numbers 1 and 2 in just 48 hours .
In fact only on Friday left the Polish Iga Swiatek (1st) on the road, with striking comfort -great dominatrix on the women’s circuit in recent seasons- after winning 6-2 and 6-2 in just over an hour of play.
But Sabalenka She had no intention of repeating what had been done by Rybakina’s previous opponent, so she stood on center court ready for a tough battle, and she let Rybakina know as soon as the start in a match that started with the two tennis players having problems maintaining their serves so they managed to carry out the games with visible difficulty.
So it was no wonder that in the fifth game, Rybakina ceded serve to his rival, who then confirmed the break by taking the lead 4-2 on the scoreboard; However, in the eighth game, the Kazakh managed to recover to cause the break that corresponded to the score 4-4 .
After that, Both players held their serves until 6-6, which forced a tie-break to be settled, which was decided in favor of the number 10 ranking and after six setpoints, for 13-11 in 1h20.
in the second run Rybakina took advantage of the boost that gave her the first set and quickly moved up 2-0, holding the lead until 4-2, when she forced the second break of the set. a situation that put her on the verge of victory with the score 5-2 and the service in his favor .
But Sabalenka had something to say , first breaking his rival’s serve, then keeping his own to reduce the numbers to 5-4; However, The Kazakh was not surprised and on the second occasion with her serve she did not fail, closing the engagement with a score of 6-4 in 46 minutes.
With this triumph, the now number 7 of the WTA found herself with the fourth title of his career, and the first in this category after victories in Bucharest (2019), Hobart (2020) and Wimbledon (2022).
He also managed to break the curse by obtaining the first celebration against his rival this Sunday in the fifth meeting between the two .
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Source: Latercera
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