End of reign for Iga Swiatek. The 22-year-old world number 1, winner of the last two editions in Stuttgart, ultimately failed at the German WTA 500 tournament, where Kazakh Elena Rybakina dominated this fight (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). to 2:49 a.m. this Saturday.
The world number 4, who had a bad start to the match with a break conceded at the beginning, quickly collected everything and had a tough first set against the Pole. Every game of the second set was also competitive, and this time it was the best player in the world who emerged victorious, earning a crucial break at the end of the set.
But the 24-year-old Kazakhstan, who had a psychological advantage given previous confrontations (four wins in six meetings against Swiatek after this new success), kept the upper hand in the last set and reached this final, in which she will face the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk or number 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova, who will compete this Saturday afternoon.
