Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has cruised into the Indian Wells Open last, defeating seventh-seed Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 on Friday.
The win improved Sabalenka to 17-1 this 12 months and she’s going to search her thirteenth profession title in Sunday’s last in opposition to the winner of the opposite semi-final between top-ranked Iga Swiatek or Tenth-seeded Elena Rybakina.
“It’s going to be huge,” stated Sabalenka, who received the doubles title within the desert in 2019.
“This tournament feels like a grand slam. I really want to hold this trophy as a singles champion.”
Sabalenka took management in opposition to Sakkari from the beginning. She attacked the Greek’s second serve, profitable 20 of 26 factors off it. Sakkari, runner-up in final 12 months’s last, fell to 3-5 in her profession in opposition to Sabalenka.
Sakkari reached the semi-finals by rallying from a set down 3 times and going 4-0 in deciding units.
But Sabalenka was too dominant. She received the ultimate three video games, together with two companies, to take the primary set 6-2.
Sabalenka led 2-0 within the second earlier than Sakkari tied it 2-all. From there, Sabalenka received 4 of the ultimate 5 video games to shut out the match in 1 1/2 hours.
“Just super happy right now,” Sabalenka stated on courtroom. “Maria’s such a great player and I knew it was going to be tough.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
