Indian Wells: Elena Rybakina through to final after defeating Iga Swiatek

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Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina defeated satellite fig 1 Iga Swiatek successful consecutive sets to scope the Indian Wells final.

Kazahk 10th effect Rybakina was ascendant against defending champion Swiatek, needing conscionable 1 hr and 17 minutes to bushed the Pole 6-2 6-2.

It is the 2nd clip Rybakina, 23, has beaten Swiatek this play aft defeating her astatine the Australian Open.

"Today successful immoderate moments I played astatine my highest level," Rybakina said.

"There are moments you feel, 'OK, I tin bushed anyone if I ever play similar this'. It's the goal, but you ne'er consciousness astonishing and cleanable each match. I deliberation contiguous it was truly bully from me."

Rybakina volition present look Aryna Sabalenka successful a repetition of January's Australian Open final.

Rybakina took the archetypal acceptable against Swiatek successful 36 minutes and raced to a 4-0 pb successful the second.

Top effect Swiatek held her service astatine 5-1 and claimed her archetypal interruption to marque the 2nd 5-2 but it was not enough.

Belarusian Sabalenka, who won her maiden large singles rubric successful Melbourne, bushed satellite fig 7 Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 to scope the final.

Meanwhile, Britain's Neal Skupski and the Netherlands' Wesley Koolhof are done to the men's doubles final.

They claimed a 6-3 4-6 10-5 triumph implicit Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin successful the semi-final.

Skupsi and Koolhof volition play India's Rohan Bopanna and Australia's Matthew Ebden successful Sunday's final.

Elsewhere, erstwhile wold fig 3 Elina Svitolina volition instrumentality to the WTA Tour pursuing her maternity permission astatine the Charleston Open successful South Carolina successful April.

The Ukrainian, who past played a twelvemonth agone successful Miami, accepted a wildcard for the lawsuit aft the commencement of her girl with hubby and chap tennis subordinate Gael Monfils.

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