Maria Sakkari (6th World Cup) qualified on Thursday for the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament of Indian Wells, beating Kazakhe Elena Rybakina (20th) 7-5, 6-4.
The Greek, who has never passed the 8th final in the California desert, will face in the last square the Espagnole Paula Badosa (7th World Cup), tenant of the title, or the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (24th).
Despite a delicate start, 3-0 by an adversary who had beaten during their first confrontation, in 2020, in the semi-final of the tournament of Saint-Pétersbourg, Sakkari to make up for his delay (4-4) ahead of takes a second time the adverse service shows the most aggressive in the exchanges.
On the second set, the Greek, in search of a second title on the feminist circuit after the Rabat tournament in 2019, on board you will have four entrance break balls, before finding out Rybakina’s service at the next game . After that, she without pain kept this advantage to impose at 1:40, on her third match ball.
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