(Reuters) – Seventh seed Elena Rybakina fought back from a set down to prevail 3-6 6-3 6-2 in her Adelaide International quarter-final towards American Shelby Rogers on Friday.
Rogers, who knocked out sixth seed Maria Sakkari within the earlier spherical of the WTA 500 occasion, raced 4-1 forward earlier than closing out a robust opening set however Rybakina received the one break within the second and carried that lead to drive a decider.
Rybakina received 90% of her first serve factors within the last set and despatched down 5 aces en route to closing out the win in simply over two hours. She will face both Japan’s Misaki Doi or Slovenian Kaja Juvan for a spot within the last.
“My serve helped rather a lot (in turning the match round),” Rybakina mentioned. “There had been many ups and downs, I used to be speeding rather a lot. I attempted to concentrate on each level, rally a bit extra. It labored out.”
World primary Ash Barty will tackle sixth seed Sofia Kenin afterward Friday, whereas defending champion Iga Swiatek meets two-times Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka.
In the boys’s Adelaide ATP 250 occasion, third seed Marin Cilic rolled previous Serbia’s Laslo Djere 6-3 6-2 to reach the semi-finals.
Top seed Gael Monfils of France takes on American Tommy Paul whereas second seed Karen Khachanov faces Belarusian qualifier Egor Gerasimov.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
