The Polish Iga Swiatek (n.1) and the Greek Maria Sakkari (n.9) qualified this Friday for the Indian Wells finalso the Californian desert tournament will have the same final in the women’s team that it witnessed two years ago.
In the 2022 final, Swiatek beat Sakkari 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 20 minutes.
In their semi-final this Friday, Swiatek defeated Marta Kostyuk (no.32) 6-2, 6-1 in one hour and 9 minutes
In front of the peaceful promenade of the WTA number 1, Sakkari experienced a roller coaster against the American Coco Gauff (n.3) largely due to the rain, which caused two stoppages in the game: one of 20 minutes and another much longer of two hours.
But the match also had many ups and downs in terms of tennis. Sakkari took the first set 6-4, led 5-2 in the second and had three match points to close the match.
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However, the Greek lost her serve twice in a rowGauff reacted in a big way and the duel went to the third set after 6-7(5) for the American.
In the final round, Sakkari recovered his best game and sealed his place in the final with a 6-2, after two hours and 42 minutes on the court and close to 11:15 p.m. local time.
Sakkari dominates the precedents against Swiatek 3-2but the Pole won the last two matches between them: the aforementioned Indian Wells final in 2022 and the semifinal in Doha in 2022.
The winner of Sunday’s final will take over from Kazakh Elena RybakinaIndian Wells champion in 2023.
2024-03-16 07:14:59
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