Elena Rybakina survived a gruelling Miami Open quarter-final against Maria Sakkari yesterday.
Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina celebrates winning her semi final match against Romania's Simona Halep at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain on July 7, 2022quarter-final against Maria Sakkari yesterday as the former Wimbledon champion advanced to the last four for a second straight year with a 7-5 6-7 6-4 victory.
Rybakina, who will meet Victoria Azarenka for a place in the final, needed nearly three hours to beat Sakkari. The Greek saved two match points in the second set before ultimately succumbing to the fourth seed’s overwhelming serve in the final game of the third set.“It was such a tough battle. I got a little bit lucky with new balls, so it was easier to serve it out … now, I just need to recover.”
Rybakina, the world number four and 2022 Wimbledon champion, will need to bring her best again when she takes on three-time tournament champion and former world number one Azarenka. The veteran Belarusian player contended with a near hour-long stoppage in the first set because of a power outage to the electronic line-calling system before beating Yulia Putintseva 7-6 1-6 6-3 earlier in the day. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
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