Crazy ending, we know the potential rival of Iga Świątek. Possible “Polish” final

The first WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai featured an exciting match. Before the tournament, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina were supposed to face each other at this stage of the tournament. Belarusian But she lost in her first match With Donna Vekic, in turn, the actress of Kazakhstan I have withdrawn from the competition Just before her quarter-final fight with Yasmine Paolini.

As a result, the Italian reached fourth place and had to face Sorana Cirstea. The Romanian achieved a stunning feat in the quarterfinals, coming back from 2:6, 1:5 in the match against Marketa Vondrousova. On the road She saved up to six match points He reached the semi-finals. Both Paolini and Cristea had a great chance to reach a major final.

Paolini dominated the first set of the semifinals. The Italian dominated the field and She was scattering Cirstea with her atomic forehand. As a result, Yasmine won the opening match with a score of 6:2. The start of the second group also went according to the Italian's wishes, and there were no indications that the situation would change. At one point, the score was 4:2, 40-15 in favor of Paolini, and she had serve at her disposal. But then there was a breakthrough on Cirstia's part.

The Romanian equalized the score at 4:4, and then saved the match at 5:4. In the eleventh game, Sorana defeated the Italian team and advanced 6:5. Service to achieve victory in the game, However, five set pieces were not used. After a while, Jasmine led to a tiebreaker.

The deciding match in the second set was as crazy as the matches before it. When the score was 6-5, Cirstea had another ball to lead the third set, but she did not use it. The last three points went to Paolini, and the Italian won the match 6-2, 7-6 (6). Thanks to the victory over the Romanian He will play for the biggest title of his career and move into the top 20 of the WTA rankings.

She will fight for the title with Iga Svetek or Anna Kalinska. The WTA 1000 final will start in Dubai on Saturday Not before 16:00 Polish time. The doubles final will be played immediately before the singles title match. It is scheduled to start at 14:00 our time.