INDIAN WELLS, California (The Thursday Times) — Elina Svitolina ne Juma ko Aryna Sabalenka ko 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 se hara kar WTA Finals se bahar kar diya aur Indian Wells mein semi-final mein pohanch gayin.
32 saala Ukraini khilari ne match ke aakhri chhe game jeete aur chauthe match point par fatah sameti. Yeh chhe saal mein Sabalenka ke khilaf unki pehli jeet hai, aur aath muqablon mein sirf doosri.
Svitolina ne 21 winners lagaye jabke unse 24 ghair jabri ghaltiyan huin, aur unhon ne aath mein se chhe break points ko kamyabi mein badla. Sabalenka se 35 ghaltiyan huin. Faisla kun set mein ibtidai break ke saath woh aage thin, lekin phir match ka paansa palat gaya.
“Yeh intehai sakht match tha, khaas taur par zehni taur par. Main bas aik waqt mein aik point khelne ki koshish kar rahi thi,” Svitolina ne kaha. “Unhon ne mujhe yahan wahan chand mauqe diye jin se main apne shots dhoondh saki.”
2018 ki champion aur 2019 ki runner-up Svitolina is season mein dobara top 10 mein pohanchin. Woh apne group mein Mirra Andreeva ke baad doosre number par rahin aur Hafte ko semi-final mein Czech Republic ki aalmi number 8 Linda Noskova ka samna karengi.
Andreeva naqabil-e-shikast
Andreeva ne Diana Shnaider ko 6-2, 6-1 se hara kar group marhale ke teenon match jeete, aur doosre semi-final mein Jessica Pegula se khelengi. Shnaider ne Karolina Muchova ki jagah li thi, jo meday ki bimari ke baais dastbardar ho gayi thin.
Sabalenka ka season khatam
Match ke baad media se baat na karne wali Sabalenka 2022 ke baad pehli baar koi Grand Slam title jeete baghair season khatam kar rahi hain. Woh Australian Open aur US Open ke final haarin, lekin Indian Wells aur Miami samet teen title jeete, aur 47-11 ke record ke saath unki jeet ki sharah 81 fisad rahi.
US Open ke baad woh aalmi number 1 ki position Elena Rybakina se haar gayin, jis se sar-e-fehrist unka 99 hafton ka daur khatam hua. Juma ki shikast se do din pehle woh Andreeva ke khilaf apne match ke aakhri 11 game haar gayi thin.
Final Itwar ko hoga.
