Tennis News: Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina has not shown any signs of slowing down after she escaped to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships this season.
Elena Rybakina claimed her 19th win of the season when she snatched a tight 7-6 7-6 victory over eighth seed Petra Martic, including securing a set point opportunity in each set in a match that lasted 2 hours 11 minutes to advance to the fourth final of the season.
At this time last season, Rybakna was ranked 192th in the world, but in the last eight months, he had advanced to the first six finals of his career and the final in Dubai this time became the final of the second Premier level WTA tournament in his career.
So far, Rybakina has won titles in Bucharest in July last season and in Hobart last month and was runner up in Nanchang, Shenzhen and St. Petersburg.
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“I’m so tired, but very happy!” exclaimed Rybakina, who produced 32 winners and made 23 unforced errors against the Croatian Martic.
“The first set was not so easy, because he played really well and He has very good slices. Because the service, not as flat as I played against Pliskova. So The style of play is completely different. “
“But I fought hard at every point. And In the second set, I fell behind 0-3, but I knew it would be easier to win the second set than to play the third set. I also really want to win the second set. “
Rybakina called her service as one of the keys to her victory this time.
“My service helped me in this match. I fight for every point. I think just fighting, “added Rybakina.
For the sake of fighting for the title in Dubai this season, Rybakina will challenge the first seeded player, Simona Halep or qualifier from the US, Jennifer Brady.
Previously we have known that for the fourth time in the 2020 season, Elena Rybakina drove to the semifinals in Dubai
After competing for 1 hour 41 minutes, Rybakina successfully recorded her first win over the top 5 when she defeated second seed, Karolina Pliskova with 7-6, 6-3, an extraordinary victory that led Rybakina to the semifinals in Dubai.
Of the five tournaments he has played this season, the semifinals in Dubai this week will be Rybakina’s fourth semifinal. After appearing in the Shenzhen final (losing to Ekaterina Alexandrova), he won the title in Hobart (defeating Zhang Shuai). Before arriving in Dubai, precisely last week, he played the final at St. Peterseburg before losing to Kiki Bertens.
