Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Feb 10, 2024 2:22 pm

WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina, Daria Kasatkina to clash in Abu Dhabi final

rybakina

No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina and No. 7 Daria Kasatkina will meet in the final of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open after winning tough semifinal matches on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, outlasted No. 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 to advance. It was her first win in five matches against Samsonova and came in one hour, 51 minutes behind nine aces and six service breaks.

Kasatkina, of Russia, reached the final following a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 win over Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No. 6 seed, in just shy of three hours. Kasatkina recorded 44 winners against 37 unforced errors, compared to 31 and 38, respectively, for her opponent.

The two finalists have split their previous four matches.

Transylvania Open

Ana Bogdan defeated fellow Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to move to the final in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Cristian actually won more total points — 94 to 92 — than Bogdan, the No. 8 seed, but the match turned in the third set when Cristian lost serve to go down 4-2 and couldn’t recover.

In the final on Sunday, Bogdan will face Czech Karolina Pliskova, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Great Britain’s Harriet Dart in 84 minutes behind five service breaks.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

Skubal
Jul 6, 2025 10:50 am

Tigers’ Tarik Skubal looks to hand Guardians 10th straight loss

Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal’s quest for a second straight American League Cy Young Award continues Sunday, when Detroit wraps up a three-game series at the Cleveland Guardians. Skubal (10-2, 2.15…

orioles cap
Jul 6, 2025 10:46 am

Catcher-needy Orioles acquire Alex Jackson from Yankees

The Baltimore Orioles acquired minor league catcher Alex Jackson from the New York Yankees on Sunday, agreeing to send international bonus pool money and either a player to be named…

Willy Adames
Jul 6, 2025 9:42 am

Giants’ Willy Adames looks to stay hot vs. Athletics

Willy Adames received a seven-year, $182 million contract in the offseason to join the San Francisco Giants, but his bat was missing in action for the first two-plus months of…

More News News

Skubal
Jul 6, 2025 10:50 am

Tigers’ Tarik Skubal looks to hand Guardians 10th straight loss

Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal’s quest for a second straight American League Cy Young Award continues Sunday, when Detroit wraps up a three-game series at the Cleveland Guardians. Skubal (10-2, 2.15…

orioles cap
Jul 6, 2025 10:46 am

Catcher-needy Orioles acquire Alex Jackson from Yankees

Willy Adames
Jul 6, 2025 9:42 am

Giants’ Willy Adames looks to stay hot vs. Athletics

collier mcbride
Jul 6, 2025 9:41 am

Healthy competition fueling Lynx as they prepare to host Sky

kyle higashioka
Jul 6, 2025 9:33 am

Rangers strive for clutch hitting in rubber game vs. Padres

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]