'Born to fight' Swiatek sets up Stuttgart final against Sabalenka
World number one Iga Swiatek said she was "born to fight" after battling past Liudmila Samsonova on Saturday to seal a 22nd consecutive win and book her place in the Stuttgart final.
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Iga Swiatek holds nerve against Liudmila Samsonova to make fourth successive final with win in Stuttgart
Iga Swiatek beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 to progress to the final of the Stuttgart Open. She will face big-hitting Aryna Sabalenka in the showpiece after the world No. 4 beat Paula Badosa 7-6 6-4 in the earlier last-four encounter.
Sabalenka into second consecutive Stuttgart final
STUTTGART (Germany): Aryna Sabalenka reached the final of the Stuttgart WTA tournament for the second year running with a straight sets win over Paula Badosa on Saturday. Sabalenka came out on top of a hard-fought battle for the first set of the semi-final, then turned up the pressure in the second to seal a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 victory.
Badosa - Sabalenka, en directo: semifinales del WTA 500 de Stuttgart hoy en vivo
as semifinales se aplazan al menos hasta las 15:30 después de la lluvia torrencial que lleva cayendo en las pistas del RCTB desde las 12:30. Informa Alberto Martínez desde Barcelona.
Carreño - Schwartzman, en directo: semifinales del Conde de Godó hoy en vivo
El Carreño — Schwartzman, a las 14:00
Raducanu bounces back to punch ticket for Stuttgart quarter-finals
Emma Raducanu had to fight back in her second round tie on Thursday to set up a quarter-final match against world number one Iga Swiatek at the WTA Stuttgart tournament. Raducanu, 19, whitewashed German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch, who has a world ranking of 118th, in the first set, but was broken twice in the second before regaining her composure to seal a 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 win.
Iga Swiatek powers past Emma Raducanu for 21st successive win and into Stuttgart semis
STUTTGART (Germany): World number one Iga Swiatek racked up her 21st successive win as she powered into the Stuttgart semi-finals by beating US Open champion Emma Raducanu in straight sets on Friday. Swiatek, 20, sealed a 6-4, 6-4 victory to set up a semi-final with Liudmila Samsonova. Both players have yet to drop a set in Stuttgart. "I know her since we were juniors, I have seen her progress and she is playing with a lot of confidence," Swiatek said of Samsonova who beat Germany's Laura Siegemund 7-5, 6-3 in her quarter-final.
Swiatek powers past Raducanu for 21st successive win, into Stuttgart semis
World number one Iga Swiatek racked up her 21st successive win as she powered into the Stuttgart semi-finals by beating US Open champion Emma Raducanu in straight sets on Friday.