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ROME — Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina beat Russia's Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Friday to reach the biggest final of her career and dedicated the victory to her war-torn country.
Elena Rybakina is through to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open for the first time in her career after a 6-3 6-3 win over Marketa Vondrousova. The world No. 7 brushed aside her opponent in one hour and 14 minutes at the Foro Italico to grab her 16th WTA 1000 win in 2023 and will play either world No.
Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari were the latest big names to fall in the early rounds of the Italian Open, while Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw with injury. Only three of the top 10 seeds are left standing after the first three rounds of action in Rome: defending champion Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Daria Kasatkina. Ad Sixth seed Gauff was upset by No.27-ranked Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, who earned a 4-6 6-2 6-2 comeback win in a rain-delayed match to reach the last 16.
Top seed Iga Swiatek could face Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters after the women’s singles draw was made on Sunday. The event in the Italian capital is the last WTA 1000 tournament before the climax of the clay-court season at the French Open, and 18 of the world’s top 20 will compete. Ad World No.
All hail the Clay Queen Another WTA tournament on the red dirt, another final for Clay Queen Iga Swiatek. Ad The World No.
Iga Swiatek hammered Veronika Kudermetova to set up a Madrid Open final showdown with Aryna Sabalenka. Swiatek has been in ominous form this week and she continued that against Kudermetova, controlling the encounter from the outset and setting up an appealing final against world No. 2 Sabalenka.
Aryna Sabalenka gave herself an early birthday gift by easing into the Madrid Open final for the second time in three years on Thursday and then plotted revenge on world number one Iga Swiatek. The world number two turns 25 on Friday and the Belarusian celebrated in style by breezing past Greek world number nine Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 6-1. Sabalenka, the 2021 champion in Madrid, will face Swiatek in Saturday's championship match after the French and US Open winner swept aside 13th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-1.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek cruised past Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-1 in the late semi-final of the Madrid Open on Thursday to set up a second straight final showdown with world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka. Swiatek had beaten Sabalenka 6-3, 6-4 to win the Stuttgart Open at the end of April, gearing up for her French Open title defence later in May.