Rybakina knocks out defending champion Swiatek to reach Indian Wells final
:Elena Rybakina knocked out defending champion Iga Swiatek with a 6-2 6-2 semi-final victory at Indian Wells on Friday to set up a clash against Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
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:Elena Rybakina knocked out defending champion Iga Swiatek with a 6-2 6-2 semi-final victory at Indian Wells on Friday to set up a clash against Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to move into the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells, Calif.
World number two Aryna Sabalenka overpowered Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 to set up a possible Indian Wells final against world number one Iga Swiatek, who plays Elena Rybakina in Friday's other semifinal.
Emma Raducanu will not compete for Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in April. Great Britain have named an unchanged line-up that didn’t include Raducanu, 20, who is expected to compete at the Stuttgart Open the following week.
Emma Raducanu will not be part of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup squad to face France in the qualifiers with captain Anne Keothavong saying on Friday that the British number one was "unavailable".
WTA chief executive Steve Simon says the governing body are doing all they can to help players from Ukraine. Players from Russia and Belarus have played under a neutral flag since the start of the war in February 2022. Ad Anastasia Potapova was warned by the WTA for wearing a Spartak Moscow football shirt before her match against Jessica Pegula at Indian Wells this week.
Elena Rybakina has reiterated comments made about her coach Stefano Vukov were «disrespectful» after her win in the Australian Open semi-finals. The pair appeared to get into a heated exchange during her semi-final win over Victoria Azarenka in January and Vukov was seen repeatedly shouting at the reigning Wimbledon champion. Ad After the Grand Slam, Rybakina defended Vukov's coaching methods in an Instagram post.
INDIAN WELLS: Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz beat Felix Auger-Aliassime for the first time in his career to book a semifinal clash with Jannik Sinner at Indian Wells.