Elena Rybakina

The 23-year-old becomes the first woman from Kazakhstan to make the semifinals at Indian Wells.

I knew the game plan, I knew how I have to play, and in the end, I did well." She then validated that by making the Australian Open final in January, losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the final. Next up for Rybakina is a matchup with the world's No. When Muchova won the second set, that was the first set lost by Rybakina here this year. So it was already a struggle from the beginning," Rybakina said. The 23-year-old from Kazakhstan broke through and won Wimbledon in 2022.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and No. 10 seed Elena Rybakina reached the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.

In the end, in the important moments I played well." "I served much better in the third," Rybakina said on court. She's number one and kind of pressure on her in that moment," Rybakina said. "I had to just kind of like hope that he'd get a miss, just because of how strong the wind was in my face." The 2022 Wimbledon champion won 15 of 16 first-serve points and never faced a break point in the set. "I moved a little bit in, especially on the deuce side," he said.

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina survived a stern test from Czech Karolina Muchova before advancing 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 and will face Iga Swiatek in Friday's ...

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina survived a stern test from Czech Karolina Muchova before advancing 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 and will face Iga Swiatek in Friday's semi-final after the world number one rolled past Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-3 at Indian Wells. Muchova continued to battle, saving two match points on her serve in the ninth game. The hard-hitting Rybakina struck back when she converted her sixth break point opportunity of the set by pouncing on a weak approach shot from Muchova, who then could not get her volley over the net for 5-5.

In 2 hours and 45 minutes of back-and-forth tennis, Elena Rybakina finally edged Karolina Muchova in three sets to reach the final four in Indian Wells.

Muchova staged an impressive re-set, breaking Rybakina in the second set’s second game and eventually took a 3-0 lead. Serving at 4-3, Rybakina saw Muchova force the eighth game to deuce but two big serves, the second an ace, got her closer to the semifinals. Clearly disheartened, Muchova double-faulted off the net cord, and Rybakina had won her fifth tiebreak of the year -- against zero losses. That lead held up all the way to a set point, with Muchova serving at 5-4. Scrambling to save two breaks in her first service game, Muchova arrived at the fifth game all even with Rybakina. The tiebreak came down to another missed forehand by Muchova. Muchova reached the quarterfinals in the Dubai 1000 but withdrew from that match against Jessica Pegula, citing another abdominal issue. She took a 3-2 lead with a series of sharp backhands. Before last year, Muchova made three deep runs into Grand Slam singles draws -- Wimbledon’s quarterfinals in 2019 and 2021 and the 2021 Australian Open semifinals. She’s a rhythm player and, after a grueling 76-minute first set, she started to find her groove. Rybakina scored a 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4 victory over the resurgent Karolina Muchova. Despite heavy conditions that weren’t conducive to her heavy hitting game, Rybakina showed some striking patience against Muchova.

The Wimbledon champion has survived slow courts, windy conditions, and a big fight from Karolina Muchova to reach her first WTA 1000 semifinal in Indian ...

“In Australia I know that when I went to play against her, I had really nothing to lose,” Rybakina says. Right now that may not be quite as daunting a task as it sounds: Rybakina beat Swiatek the last time they played, 6-4, 6-4, at the Australian Open. [Austin says](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/talking-tennis-with-tracy-elena-rybakina-under-the-radar-star), “when she’s not feeling comfortable on the court, when she’s not at her best. “[In my first-round match] it was very windy, the ball was flying much more.” Indian Wells Semifinal Preview: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek vs.

Rybakina stunned Swiatek en route to the Australian Open final; can the top seed earn some revenge and reach her third final of the season?

The thinking here is that Swiatek’s serve will be the tipping point shot in this match. So now comes the third edition of what could well blossom into a prominent rivalry. In a sparkling quarterfinal epic that lasted nearly three hours—twice as long as Swiatek’s—Rybakina squeaked past the versatile Karolina Muchova, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Indian Wells Semifinal Preview: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek vs. Indian Wells, USA

Rybakina next faces either world number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek or 83rd-ranked Romanian Sorana Cirstea.

Unfazed, the Czech stormed through the second set without facing a break point. But a bad mistake by Muchova, who botched an easy overhead on a set point in the 10th game, gave Rybakina an opening. I didn’t start that well, I was a bit slower than usual.

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina World No.10 defeated 76th-ranked Karolina Muchova 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-4 in the women's quarterfinals at the ...

Notably, she reached her first Indian Wells WTA Tour 1000 semifinals. The winner will receive USD 1,262,220 and earn 1,000 rank points. KAZINFORM Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina World No.10 defeated 76th-ranked Karolina Muchova 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-4 in the women’s quarterfinals at the Indian Wells 2023 WTA 1000 in three sets scoring 7:6, 2:6, 6:4, Kazinform refers to Sports.kz.

ELENA RYBAKINA: Yeah, it was really tough match today, but in the end, happy that I managed to win in these tough conditions. Yeah. THE MODERATOR: Questions. Q.

Is it the people that you meet places? Is it the food that you experience somewhere? ELENA RYBAKINA: I think slowly I’m getting better, but it’s not something to change really quick. ELENA RYBAKINA: I won’t say that, because honestly I cannot say that here it’s a lot to do in the sense of everything you want to see or to do something, you need to go pretty far. But I think that if she’s keep on playing like this, for sure she’s gonna be much better with ranking in the next few weeks, months, because she has game at the net and pretty good serve. It’s your first WTA 1000 semifinal, because I forgot that Dubai was a 500 that year, but how does it feel to be able to get that result again early in this year? Do you still feel that way, that you have nothing to lose because she’s No. I knew the game plan, I knew how I have to play, and in the end, I did well. In Australia I just know that when I went to play against her, I had really nothing to lose. ELENA RYBAKINA: I would say there is things, of course, which I’m doing like with opponent, preparing for each opponent, but overall my game is to be aggressive. I want to get your thoughts on the matchup, and if you think maybe it would be a little bit more challenging because of the surface here at Indian Wells. Can you just talk about the adjustments that you made in that third set.

Elena Rybakina hopes the controversy surrounding her coach Stefano Vukov has been put to bed, saying she is happy with his coaching methods. Former professional ...