Elena Rybakina fired seven aces in routing top-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final.
Rybakina will play second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday바카라s final in the Southern California desert.
바카라It바카라s going to be huge,바카라 said Sabalenka, who won the doubles title in 2019. 바카라This tournament feels like a Grand Slam. I really want to hold this trophy as a singles champion.바카라
Rybakina needed just 76 minutes to finish off Swiatek, the defending champion. She won 82% of her first-serve points, while Swiatek only managed 42%. Rybakina also beat the Polish star at the Australian Open in January on her way to finishing runner-up.
바카라I didn바카라t expect that I was going to play that good today,바카라 Rybakina said. 바카라I had nothing to lose, I just wanted to come and enjoy. I played one of the best matches this year.바카라
Swiatek had won 10 straight matches in the desert until being stopped by Rybakina바카라s powerful groundstrokes that repeatedly rushed Swiatek and forced her into uncharacteristic errors.
Swiatek double-faulted to lose the first set. Then she fell behind 5-0 in the second before rallying to win two games.
Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion, improved to 17-1 this year.
She leads Rybakina 4-0 in their career meetings, but all four have gone to a deciding set, including in the final Down Under.
바카라It was a really close match in Australia,바카라 Rybakina said on court. 바카라If I바카라m going to play like I did today, I think I have all the chances.바카라
Sabalenka took control against Sakkari, seeded seventh, from the start. She attacked the Greek바카라s second serve, winning 20 of 26 points off it. Sakkari, runner-up in last year바카라s final, fell to 3-5 in her career against Sabalenka.
Sakkari reached the semifinals by rallying from a set down three times and going 4-0 in deciding sets.
But Sabalenka was too dominant. She won the final three games, including two service breaks, to take the first set, 6-2.
Sabalenka led 2-0 in the second before Sakkari tied it 2-all. From there, Sabalenka won four of the final five games to close out the match in 1 1/2 hours.
바카라Just super happy right now,바카라 Sabalenka said on court. 바카라Maria바카라s such a great player and I knew it was going to be tough.바카라
