Sabalenka, unstoppable: she eliminated Noskova and will play her third final in Indian Wells

Aryna Sabalenka (1st WTA) continues unstoppable in 2026. He opened the semi-final round in the Tennis Paradise and performed a fantastic performance against Linda Noskova (14th) to sign the board for 6-3 and 6-4 and access again the definition of the WTA 1000 of Indian Wells.

The number one on the planet, who had just defeated Himeno Sakatsume (136th), Jaqueline Cristian (35th), Naomi Osaka (16th) and Victoria Mboko (10th) in the previous phases, He imposed his hierarchy and his powerful executions from all angles of the rectangle to make all the attempts of the young Czech tennis player, 21 years old, in vain, who was facing a semifinal instance in this type of events for the second time and was looking for points that would leave her one step away from the top ten.

The Belarusian, four-time Grand Slam champion, He only lost one game this season. (in the final of the Australian Open) and accumulates a magnificent streak of 16-1, a great record with which will face for the third time in the definition of the California Desertwhere she will try to take revenge for the definitions lost in 2023 and 2025, against Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva respectively.

Without giving up sets throughout the entire tour, the native of Minsk, winner of Brisbane in the month of January, reaffirms match after match her absolute dominance in the tour and will jump onto the field again, in the final event, with the aim of lifting his 23rd trophy at the highest level.

The only blemish on Sabalenka’s magnificent victory was that for the first time in the entire tournament she gave up a serve turn. It happened just when he was serving at 5-1 to close the first set. The performance ended with a total of 37 winners21 unforced errors and winning 69 percent of points on the first serve.

Without Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva, defending champion, all of whom were unexpectedly eliminated in the North American competition, Aryna waits to meet her opponent, who will emerge from the confrontation between the Kazakh Elena Rybakina and the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

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