The WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid is slowly coming to an end. Already on Saturday, May 3, the final will be played in which Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenek will compete. The American broke the Iga Świątek 6: 1, 6: 1 helpless on the meal. On the other hand The Belarusian defeated Elina Svitolina 6: 3, 7: 5, set up with “seventeen”.
Meaningful pictures after the match Sabalenka – Svitolina
The first rocket in the world needed 1 hour and 32 minutes to advance to the final. The Ukrainian woman was not a favorite in this meeting, but so far she had a great series of earth courts. As many as nine matches won this clash without noting the defeat along the way. It was only Sabalenka who interrupted this streak of Ukrainian, and also became the first player who won 30 wins in the main WTA tournaments in 2025.
Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka – to put it mildly – do not like each other. This was especially visible after the match in Madrid, when after the end of this meeting the tennis players did not meet under the net and did not congratulate themselves. The recordings show how Aryna Sabalenka is slowly going to the arbitrator. The first was a Ukrainian woman who hugged her hand and went for her own things. The Belarusian did not even get in her way and when she walked, she just mentioned the hug with the judge. A moment later she went to the middle of the court to thank the fans.
Why did Svitolina not thank Sabalence?
In this case, it is not only about sporting anger, but also about the geopolitical situation. As Hubert Rybkowski from Sport.pl reported in August 2023 – “From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Elina Switolina refers to players from Russia and Belarus with a great distance” – he wrote.
We would like to remind you that at the local edition of Roland Garros Aryna Sabalenek, she cut off from the war and the leader of her country. How svitolina reacted to it at the time? – When she spoke these words during a press conference, it's been a year and a half. It was not right after the invasion, it was the moment when we were waiting for such statements. And only when she beat me, did she remember it. And earlier we had different situations. (…) It's difficult for us. We are who we are, and our country is at war, it suffers a lot – she said, cited by BTI.org.ua.
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The current season is very successful for Elina Svitolina. As the Ukrainian media reminded – the tennis player for the first time in her career reached the semi -finals at the courts in Madrid. Earlier, in nine performances in the Spanish capital, she never once reached the third round. In addition, it was her 12th semi -final of the 1000 rank tournament and the first in 2021. The tennis player on the way defeated Sona Kartal, Jelena Rybakina, Maria Sakkari and Moyuka Uchijima.