Wimbledon: Aryna Sabalenka beats Laura Siegemund in thriller as world No 1 clinches semi-final spot | Tennis News
N ° 1 in the world, Aryna Sabalenka returned from a shoot to beat Laura Siegemund 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the quarter-final of two hours and 54 minutes, reserving a place in the semi-finals in Wimbledon for the third time.
In a Scurher of the central courtyard, with another heat wave approaching in the capital to conclude the tournament, Sabalenka received the Runaround – especially at the beginning – when she had trouble dealing with the impressive contact game of Siegemund.
The not classified German, which had already eliminated the sixth seeded Madison Keys and the 29th classified Leylah Fernandez in the previous towers, broke Sabalenka during his two service games on the way to take the first set.
Siegemund’s skills and precision with drop shooting, in particular, drew the attention of many times, although its service began to drop it as the match was progressing.
After having served two double defects to restore one of his two breaks when they serve for the first set, other doubles contributed to a few other siegemund breaks in the second-a trip from Sabalenka from 40-0 to take a 4-2 lead.
When Sabalenka broke for a second straight match, and for the third time in the set to force a decision-maker, it appeared that the momentum was moving firmly in favor of the seeded, only for Siegemund to withdraw from its level, breaking to love an advantage of 2-1 at the start of the third.
Another double fault, during the increase of 30-15, would prevail to abandon another service game, only for Sabalenka to send its own double cost when it kept the advantage when it gave the break directly.
A ridiculous rally in Deule on the subsequent service game of Siegemund – Some returns in slices of the two players struck inch of perfection on the net – followed the path of Sabalenka for a breaking point.
The German would save this one but not a second, and from there, Sabalenka would finish the competition, breaking Siegemund once again to finish the victory with his second match point.
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