Rybakina beats Kawa and advances to the Ningbo semi-finals

ByDavid Mitchell

The Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakinacurrent number one in the world, needed three sets to win this Friday against the Pole Kartarzyna Kawa (6-1, 3-6 and 6-1), at the WTA 500 in Ningbo (China) and will face Russian Diana Shnaider in the semifinals.

Rybakina overcame the first set forcefully 6-1 against Kawa (128th in the WTA ranking), then suffered a slight decline in the second game, which she lost 3-6, due to three service losses, and regained control in the third to win 6-1 in one hour and forty-five minutes.

After the victory, the Russian will be measured Diana Shnaider (13) who beat the 18-year-old American, Iva Jovic (12) 6-3, 4-6 and 6-1.

For its part, the Czech Republic took the duel Marie Bouzkova (26) against her compatriot Sara Bejlek (32) in two sets 6-3 and 6-4 and will face the Canadian in the second semifinal Leylah Fernandez (30), who eliminated the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (33) 4-6, 6-2 and 6-1 in just over two hours.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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