Olena Rybakina reached the semifinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Montreal after a match with Daria Kasatkina, in which 20(!) breaks were recorded.

Rybakina – Kasatkina, a match with 20 breaks – Olena, in the semifinals of WTA Montreal

Serving is one of Elena’s main weapons, but in the match with Daria, she did not work up to her normal parameters.

The athlete from Kazakhstan hit 7 aces but also committed 7 double faults (as did her opponent) and needed three and a half hours to win 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(8).

At least 20 breaks were recorded in this match. He won 5 times without serving in the first set, 9 times in the second and 6 times in the decider.

The third set was full of twists and turns: Rybakina started better (3-0), Kasatkina came back impressively (leading with a break 4-3 and 6-5), but could not finish the match and needed a tie-break to determine the winner.

Olena missed three match points at 6-3 and one at 7-6, Daria had her chance at 8-7 (she also failed to use it), and Rybakina won three points in a row.

Know:

• 2022 Wimbledon champion Olena Rybakina will battle for a place in the grand final in Montreal against Lyudmila Samsonova (18 WTA), after the Russian outlasted Belinda Bencic (13 WTA) of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4.

• In the other semi-final in Montreal, Iga Sviatek (main favorite) and Jessica Pegula (4) will meet.

The result of the match between Olena Rybakina and Daria Kasatkina

The “Omnium Banque Nationale” will take place this year in Montreal from August 7 to 13, is part of the WTA 1000 category and offers a prize pool of $2,788,468. The title champion in singles is Simona Halep (2022), and the Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula won in doubles.