The defeat of Iga Świątek with Jelena Ostapenko in the quarter -finals opened another chance in front of Aryna Sabalenka. Shelf She did not defend the points for last year's semi -final, losing 87 points in WTA ranking. Belarusian to that nalffinisAt arriving, she has already pierced last year's result (1/4 of the final). This meant that each subsequent victory even increased its ranking advantage. Promotion to the final would mean an additional 130 points on the Sabalenka account.
Paolini could help. Ourselves and Świątek
Jasmine Paolini planned to stop the world ranking. Last year's finalist Roland Garros reached the semi -finals in Stuttgart in a great style, without losing even a set. While the dominant victories over the Germans Eva Lys and Jule Niemej were not surprising, so he was dealing with less than 90 minutes with Coco Goufff (6: 4, 6: 3) is a big feat. She fought with Sabalenka not only for the final, but also for a break, because although two of their six duels won, the last three (including in Miami this year) fell to the Belarusian loot.
S like Sabalenka. S like peace
The beginning of the first set did not announce that Sabalenka would lose her series of victories over the Italian. The Belarusian dominated the rival. Began game From two breaks and 3: 0. It seemed that this party could end quickly and brutally. Nothing could be more wrong, which we soon found out.
Paolini recovered at the bang and made a considerable return. She managed to introduce diversity into her game, forced Sabalena to run and more mistakes. Effect? Despite one more loss of the website, she had broken the leader of the ranking three times, leading to a state of 5: 5 (although it was already 5: 2 for Aryna). However, in Belarusian, this did not cause panic. Quite the opposite. Sabalenka responded to fire with fire. She dominated the service of the service rival, and then she did not give her a chance with her own application. A great class and peace show that gave her a 7: 5 win in this set.
Size in key moments. Sabalena really wants to finally conquer Stuttgart
The second party had a beginning almost exactly the opposite. It was Paolini who started her brilliantly, quickly broke Sabalenka and went to the lead 3: 0. However, the Belarusian did not have the word “panic” in her dictionary today. Like at the end of the first set, she quickly reset her game, returned to the right track and quickly made up for all the losses. The match equalized, it was tiebreak. However, Sabalenka had other plans.
In the amazing game No. 9, Aryna was already losing 0:30 at the rival service. Despite this, she won three more exchanges and won Breakpoint, which she later used a brilliant forhend in a very difficult situation. Breaking in a nasty moment for the opponent and Paolini against the wall. The Italian failed to escape. Sabalenka did not release a great chance, completing the formalities. The Belarusian won the whole match 7: 5, 6: 4 and for the fourth time in her career will play in the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart (she has never won it before). He will face Jelena Ostapenko.