Elena Rybakina is Iga Swontek. Forecast, announcement for the WTA 1000 match in Cincinnat

On August 17, in the semifinals of the tournament, Zincinnati will play Elena Rybakin (WTA 10) and Iga Swontek (WTA 3). The meeting will begin at 20:00 Kyiv time.

Elena Rybakina

This season, Rybakina was gaining shape for a long time, it was visible that the force was, but the stability disappeared. In other words, the athlete could not show her maximum somewhere. The recent tournaments show that the tennis player found her game, the semi -final in Montreal, and here he also reached this stage.

In Zincinnaty, Rybakin lost the first set in three matches, and then won the match, so it was in meetings against Sarasua – 4: 6, 6: 0, 7: 5, Mertens – 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5, goats – 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2. The most interesting thing is that in two sets managed to beat in the quarterfinals the first racket of the world Arina Sobolenko – 6: 1, 6: 4. Judging by the level of passing rivals, a tennis player from Kazakhstan is now clearly in shape. Rybakina spent 34 matches on Hardy this season, winning 25 of them.

Iga Swontek

The Polish athlete also spends not the brightest season, but Wimbledon’s winning has blocked many failures. It should be admitted that Swontek is not so stable when she gave a high-level rival 3-4 games per match.

Cincinnati tournament is easy for the athlete, she confidently defeated Anastasia Potapov in the first circle – 6: 1, 6: 4, then a meeting with Martha Kostyuk should be, but the Ukrainian withdrew from the game. Then it was possible to pass the Romanian Cyrst – 6: 4, 6: 3. In the quarterfinals, Iga beat another “neutral” Klinkui – 6: 3, 6: 4. Polka has 26 wins in 33 matches on Hardy in the current season.

Personal meetings

The tennis players played nine times, 5: 4 in favor of the Polish athlete. Only this year, the athletes intersected three times, all the matches won Swontek.

Forecast

This meeting looks like a veiled finale, because the other semi -final couple looks weaker. Sveontek is a small favorite, although Rybakina has now taken a good shape, so you should expect an interesting and unpredictable battle.

Much will depend on the condition and mood of the tennis players. I consider a promising rate on total more than 21.5 games per 1.76.