Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has prolonged her profitable streak to 12 matches and delivered not less than 10 aces for the fourth straight outing whereas beating twenty fifth seed Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-0 to achieve the Miami Open semi-finals.
Rybakina’s 10 aces raised her totals to 46 via 4 matches on the hard-court match in Florida, and a WTA-leading 201 for the season.
The 23-year-old from Kazakhstan improved to 20-4 in 2023, together with a run to the Australian Open closing in January and a title at Indian Wells in California final week.
She is making an attempt to change into solely the fifth participant to win the ladies’s trophies at Indian Wells and Miami in the identical season.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek, who achieved the so-called ‘sunshine double’ a 12 months in the past, withdrew from Miami this time round due to a rib damage.
Thirteen of Rybakina’s 18 semi-final appearances have come on onerous courts.
She will face No.3 and residential favorite Jessica Pegula or No.27 Anastasia Potapova for a berth within the closing.
Trevisan reached the French Open semi-finals in 2022.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
