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Arina Sabalenka Continued their Wuhan Open dominance with first straight sets win elena rybakina,
Sabalenka and Rybakina were meeting for the 13th time, with the world number one leading 7–5 going into the clash, but all her previous wins had been swept away.
That’s when Sabalenka, who extended her remarkable record in the Chinese city to 20 wins and no defeats, put it right, claiming a 6-3 6-3 victory and dealing a major blow to Rybakina’s qualifying hopes. wta Final.
With the win, Sabalenka reached her 11th semi-final out of 15 tournaments this season and she said: “It feels crazy. I never thought I’d be able to achieve something like this.”
“I’m going to keep focusing and improving my game and see how far I can go. We have a really big history and always have tough battles. I always enjoy playing with her, she always takes me to the next level.
“I think I put a lot of pressure on her serve today and I was serving very well. Overall I think it was a very high level match and I’m very happy with the win.”
Sabalenka will next face sixth seed Jessica Pegula, who once again needed three sets to defeat Czech qualifier Katerina Siniakova 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Coco Gauff is on a confidence boost after her serving struggles and has also reached the last four, although she committed six more double faults in a 6-3 6-0 win over German veteran Laura Siegemund.
Now the American will face the seventh seeded player Jasmine PaoliniWho defeated Iga Swiatek for the first time in seven attempts, losing only three games.
Paolini had won only one set against Swiatek in all their previous meetings, but the Italian made a brilliant start and never looked back, needing just 66 minutes to win 6-1, 6-2.