The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, current WTA number one, qualified for the semifinals of the Masters of tennis after beating the Italian in two sets Jasmine Paolini (N.4), a result that also supposes the elimination de la kazaja Elena Rybakina (N.5).
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Sabalenka, que She competes with the Polish Iwa Swiatek to finish the year as number one in world tennisbeat Paolini 6-3 and 7-5 in an hour and a half of play.
The Belarusian started very strong, breaking the Italian’s serve on two occasions, going 4-0 in the first set, and although Paolini was able to recover one of the two breaks against, he could not come back.
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Further the second set was evenwhere Sabalenka He made more mistakes that led him to suffer two breaks and having to save two balls to avoid a third set.
Con The set was tied at 5-5, she broke the Italian’s serve to close with his service the pass to semi-finals.
QINWEN ZHENG DIO CUENTA DE ELENA RYBAKINA
Before, China’s Qinwen Zheng, Olympic champion and WTA No. 7, beat Kazakh Rybakina in three sets, 7-6 (7/4), 3-6 and 6-1 in a tough match that lasted two and a half hours.
“I am very happy because I had never beaten her and she is one of the best players on the circuit,” the Asian congratulated herself in statements on the court after the match.
However, he regretted “I didn’t take advantage of my chances in the second set, but I was able to stay focused in the third”.
Rybakinawhich already had lost in his debut in group A against Paolinibecomes the first eliminated from the tournament which brings together the eight best tennis players of the year.
For its part, Paolini, who is playing this tournament for the first time in his career, will play against Zheng for the second ticket for the semifinals on Wednesday.
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