On February 22, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Dubai match continued, and on the last match day, the quarterfinals were released, Swiatek vs Zheng Qinwen, Gauff vs Karinskaya, Borini vs Rybakina, Vondrousova vs Kostya, which players can go further?
Fourth seed Rybakina retired before the start of the quarter-finals due to ill health, and her opponent Paulini advanced to the semi-finals without a fight. For the Italian, it was her first career semi-final at WTA 1000 and she will await the winner between Vondrousova and Kostya.
The other 1 4 final was an exciting one, with Kostya showing incredible ability to turn around and successfully defeat No.7 seed Vondrousova. The excitement of this match has undoubtedly become a highlight of this year's WTA Tour.
At the beginning of the match, Vondrousova showed strong strength and easily won the first set 6-2. Kostya seems to be in a difficult situation and is under a lot of pressure. However, instead of giving up, she chose to stick with the fight. In the second set, Kostya showed tenacity after falling behind 1-5. One by one, she saved match points and reborn the suspense of the match.
At key moments in the match, Costia showed her quality and experience. She managed to withstand Vondrousova's onslaught, saving a total of six match points and taking the match into a tie-break. In the tie-break, Costia played well and won the second set with a thrilling 7-6(1) comeback. The victory in this set gave Costia regain her confidence and won her a chance to turn around.
Heading into the third set, Kostya had fully unleashed his potential. She comfortably won the third set 6-2 to win the match with a 2-6 7-6(1) 6-2 aggregate victory over Vondrousova. The win was a big one for Kostia, not only as her second win over a Top 10 player this year, but also her feat of reaching the semi-finals of the Tour after last year's Miami event. It was also the third time in her career that she made it to the semi-finals of a 1000 tournament, showing her strength and potential.
After the game, Costia said about the big reversal: "This must be the biggest reversal of my career. To be honest, when I was down 5-1 in the second set, I stopped thinking about winning, at least to show the crowd a better match. ”