Incredible. Elena Rybakina comes back from 2-5 15-40 down in the third set to beat Yulia Putintseva 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 and reach another WTA 1000 semifinal in Madrid! Almost three hours That first match point saved was something.
Elena Rybakina completes Houdini style Great Escape act with deciding set struggle against Yulia Putintseva at Madrid Open
WTAWednesday, 01 May 2024 at 14:54
Elena Rybakina is through to the semi-finals of the 2024 Madrid Open, but in doing so completed a Houdini style Great Escape act in seeing off her compatriot Yulia Putintseva 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 to reach the latter stages again at a WTA 1000.
In almost three hours, she saved a multitude of match points as she saved her skin on multiple occasions when it looked like Putintseva was going to win the battle of the Kazakh's. Next up for Rybakina will be a bumper tie no matter what with Mirra Andreeva or Aryna Sabalenka her next foe.
The opening set saw Rybakina lose her serve at 3-2 after she had opportunities to break to start the tie. Putintseva hammered that advantage home and was barely troubled on her serve as she sealed a 6-4 opening set. Again Rybakina lost it to begin Set Two, but she hit back to level the tie up at 2-2. Neither were troubled on their serve ironically apart from Rybakina 4-4 where she had to save a break point. Rybakina then had a set point at 5-6 up but it went to a tie-break where she sent it all the way.
But this didn't matter for Putintseva who surged into a 5-2 lead over Rybakina and missed two match points with the first match point save in particular showing the true grit of the latter. This seemed to kick the stuffing out of Putintseva as Rybakina grew in confidence and turned it around winning the next five games to seal the win. Superb from the Ice Queen.
Read also
claps 0visitors 189
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Rybakina is back!!
mandoist21-12-2024 - She sems to have a turbulent relationship with The Truth. Not even smartenough to make an excuse like "I severely twisted my ankle yesterday" -- then be seen shopping in some city next day while "recuperating"!mandoist21-12-2024
- Why do you even publish this TwatCaster's PATHETIC stunt for attention? There's plenty of reasons why imbeciles like him are 'talking' and people like Iga Swiatek are 'walking the walk'. Tennisuptodate should be above this tripe.mandoist16-12-2024
- If and when Political Correctness and gullible hearts over-rule BIOLOGY, the Human world begins its already seeming decline.mandoist15-12-2024
- The new generation has arrived and these guys need to do it with the left overs.
AceOfBase13-12-2024 - Every young, inexperiend CEO has "better" ideas (and friends to hire).mandoist12-12-2024
- What a load of nonsense. Emotional stress definitely didn’t cause her wrist or ankle injuries.Lyca10-12-2024
- Taylor Fritz 🎾 – the surprising third for many. 🎄 A great Christmas tree quiz question! 🎅✨MrAndreeva10-12-2024
- Simona Halep taking the axe out 🪓😮💨MrAndreeva08-12-2024
- ITIA is literally a Secret Organization. Way past time for a neutral entity to oversee, if not guide, these Elitists within ITIA whom enjoy their ability to keep their "investigations" in a business as usual format behind closed doors!!mandoist08-12-2024
