Aryna Sabalenka prolonged her unbeaten run on the Wuhan Open to twenty matches with a straight-sets victory over Elena Rybakina on Friday.
The world No 1 beat Rybakina 6-3 6-3 to maintain her hopes alive for a fourth straight title and arrange a semi-final match with America’s Jessica Pegula.
It’s Sabalenka’s eleventh semi-final of the yr out of the 15 tournaments she has performed in, as she broke Rybakina within the eighth sport with a forehand winner.
Sabalenka clinched the opening set with a maintain and broke Rybakina’s serve within the first sport of the following set to proceed placing stress on her opponent.
The highest seed struggled with a couple of service video games in a while, however nonetheless managed to shut out the victory and improved her win-loss file in opposition to Rybakina to 8-5.
Sabalenka received the Wuhan title in 2018, 2019, and 2024 after the match made a return following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pegula got here from behind to beat Czech Katerina Siniakova 2-6 6-0 6-3 for her fiftieth match win of the season as she goals to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals subsequent month.
Sabalenka has received eight of her 10 conferences with Pegula, together with within the US Open ultimate final yr.
American third seed Coco Gauff meets German Laura Siegemund in one other quarter-final in a while Friday, while second seed Iga Swiatek comes up in opposition to seventh seed Jasmine Paolini in a rematch of their 2024 French Open ultimate.
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