Jelena Rybakina She began the struggle at the WTA tournament in Strasbourg from the second round, where she defeated Xinyu Wang. In the next stage, however, she faced Magda Linette. Shelf She put herself a listed rival, but finally lost 5: 7, 3: 6. Kazaszka, in turn, did not stop and halffinale It turned out to be better than Beatriz Haddad Mai. Thus, she advanced to the final, where her rival was Samsonowa Ludmila. The Russian has been doing well so far and on the way eliminated, among others, Danielle Collins and Paula Badosa.
An even fight in the WTA final in Strasbourg
The beginning of the match was quite even, in the third game Break Point had Samsonowa. Rybakina, however, defended herself well and then followed the blow. She quickly broke the rival and kept her own pass a moment later. Thus, she led 4: 1. And she wasn't going to stop at that. Kazaszka won the game again at the Russian services and she was one step away from winning in the first set. She sealed them on her own application and finally won 6: 1.
The second game was definitely more even. Rybakina broke Samsonowa in the third game, but she quickly answered the same and after four games we had a 2: 2 draw. In the further part, both players did well with their own websites. The breakthrough came in the eighth game. Then Samsonowa broke fisherman and served for victory. However, Kazaszka defended herself in a great style and led to a 5: 5 draw. Later, both sides won the game and a tie-break was needed to be resolved. Rybakina defended three at that time balls Set.
In a tie-break Kazaszka won the first point and had a mini break. So it seemed that he would follow the blow. However, the reality turned out to be different. Samsonowa was clearly better. She completely dominated the rival and led 5: 1. Finally, she did not allow her too much and won 7: 2. Thus, we witnessed the third set.
At the beginning of the decisive party, Rybakina looked much better, which quickly took the lead 3: 0. Samsonowa did what she could and in the fifth game had her chances of returning to the competition, but she did not use them. Kazaszka, in turn, played very confidently until the very end and did not give herself a victory. Finally she triumphed 6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 1 and won the tournament in Strasbourg. This is her ninth title in her career.