Elena Rybakina, 2022 Wimbledon Champion, fought with 2021 we Open finalist and heat embedded in the country’s capital for a place in the final. Mubadala Citi Dc Open is a 500-Vatches the common common event in ATP AND Wta Tour. Rybakina, Seed number three, reached a high ranking in the career of #3 But since then it has fallen from the top ten places. Ranked currently 12Th, twenty -six -year -old from Kazakhstan was looking for her second final of the season (Strasbourg).
Leylalah Fernandez, twenty -two -year -old southern from Canada, achieved a high career of # #13 WITHIN 2022 and currently ranks #36. On the way to Semis, she sent 2-The time 2025 Maya shared champion and world #4 Jessica Pegula, 7-5 in the third. With three career titles, she followed her seventh and first final at this level. This was their third tournament on the tournament, after splitting last season in the hardcourts.
Rybakina won the casting and chose to serve. 3RD Seed opened and closed with the preface winners and held 15While Fernandez hit two winners and kept in love.
Rybakina opened the third with a colossal cross-judicial preface and was held in love for 2-1 While Fernandez hit an ace and held love for equality. The former Wimbledon champion donated her first double-sided, but with two well-hit services, including a wide ace, she kept for her 30 ABOUT 3-2. The young Canadian hit two winners, including its second acen, and held easily 15 at the level.
Rybakina opened the stature with its second double fault and faced 4-3. Fernandez serving with new balls made 4/4 first serves and is held in love to level while doing rybakina 3/4 first served and hit two consecutive precursor winners to hold in love 5-4.
Fernandez serving to stay in the group achieved 40-15 with her third acen, but faced Deuce before it was flattened at five. Rybakina did 3/4 first serve and, with a winning lobster and an untouchable service, held in love for 6-5.
Fernandez served to stay in the group and force the switch. With both ease and playing the first tennis of the strike, winning a vacation point was challenging. I did the south 5/5 first serves and is easily held 15 of level in six. Rybakina raised ante on the switch, hitting three consecutive winners, including two of the return, and caught it 7-2.
Fernandez served first in the second and with three forced errors, including a double, cast error served while Rybakina easily held 15 to consolidate rest. World #36 hit three winners, four mistakes and faced two points of Deuce and one resting point, still held for 1-2 When Rybakina’s return went wide.
World #12 donated another double mistake and faced a rest and deuce point, but with two additional aces held for 3-1. Fernandez faced a triple resting point still held with a wide ace and a fantastic foreword below the line.
Rybakina, despite its inability to break away from that position, maintained its focus with two Aces, The Last On Game Point to Lead 4-2. Fernandez 4/6 first serves, including an ace up, and kept to 30 ABOUT 3-4.
Rybakina, just two games from the final, donated a double fault and faced three deuce and two resting points, however held after five winners, including three additional axes. Fernandez, serving to stay in the match, was two points from the closet room, but managed to hold a swing winning volleyball and a wrong lobster from its opponent. Rybakina, serving for the match, began to be revealed. It opened with a double mistake and though it hit an ace up, serving serving the first three errors.
Level in five, Fernandez was pumped more than usual. Although she lost 4/5 serves first, it kept lightly 15 with a spectacular preface inside-out. It was Rybakina’s turn at the level and forced the connection. She led 40-15 Following an ace up and provided the game with a wonderful foreword below the line.
Fernandez quickly ran to a 5–0 Run in Tiebreak while Rybakina played with tasting. While she hit three consecutive winners, including two aces for 3-5An unfortunate double mistake cost it the set.
The former world #3 It seemed to melt under the soft summer sun. The feeling of emergency she demonstrated for a group and a half had abandoned her. Fernandez exploited the full advantage and, with Dc The crowd tightly in its corner continued to make it a sign in decision makers.
Rybakina first served in the third and with its twelfth, easily kept acen 15 While Fernandez flattened with its sixth acen. Rybakina, riding on the EBBS and its power flows, hit three consecutive winners, including an ace up and held in love 2-1While Fernandez hit two additional aces and held 30 ABOUT 2-2.
Rybakina hit three winners, including two other axes, and kept them 30 ABOUT 3-2 While Fernandez hit her ninth ace and held 15 for equality. Rybakina opened the stature with a backward crucifier and kept to 30 After Fernandez mistreats the return.
Montreal’s birth donated three mistakes and faced Deuce, but held two winners, including its tenth acen. Although neither upset nor shouting encouraging words, the increasing pressure was deafening. In the ninth match, Rybakina spread. Although it hit two additional aces, it carried out four forced mistakes and faced 5-4 With two successive services well hit.
Fernandez serving to stay in the match made 3/4 First it also serves a statement with a love of love! Rybakina, increasingly flat and degenerate, lost 4/6 first serves still held for 30 ABOUT 6-5. Once again, Canadian served to stay in the match and force the switch.
Twenty-two-year-olds rose in the case, hitting three winners, including two additional six-level axes. The first in seven with a two -point advantage would play for the trophy on Sunday.
What at first seemed to be a direct direct victory for the third seed was everything. Fernandez competed in a 4–0 lead and although Rybakina pulled back to 3-5Canadians would not be denied. 2021 we The open finalist issued two additional precursor errors, the last to secure the circuit breaker, the set and the match!
Subsequently 3 ¼ hours, Leylah Fernandez had reached its seventh career final and the first in 500 Canadian level was essential to serve, striking 12 aces to 3 Double and winning errors 72first % and an impressive 66% of second service points. She saved 4/5 Fracture points during conversion 1/6. While she was unable to make entry into Kazaku’s first service, she gained an extraordinary 54% of second service return points.
Awaiting the finals is Anna Kalinskaya. Currently ranks #48Twenty-six-year-old Russian reached a high career of #11 Last season. Although she still won’t win a tournament title, she made two finals in 2024INCLUDING Wta 1000 Events in Dubai.
This will be their second meeting on the tournament level as Fernandez prevailed in a close three-place of Hardcourt in Guadalajara in 2021.
