Mirra Andreeva once again defeated Iga Swiatek as she progressed to the semi-finals in Stuttgart. <\/p>\n
It was a tough match but just like in Dubai and Indian Wells last year, Andreeva knocked out Swiatek in a 3-6 6-4 6-3 win that lasted two hours and 36 minutes. <\/p>\n
Despite being a set down and a break down in the deciding set, Andreeva fought back to reach the last four in Stuttgart. <\/p>\n
After the match Andreeva praised her \u2018fearless\u2019 tennis as she targets the title in Germany, \u201cI was just trying to be fearless,\u201d Andreeva told the WTA website. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was trying to go for my shots because I know when I\u2019m getting tight, I tend to just put the ball in\u2026 just waiting, praying for the opponent to make a mistake. And I knew that against someone like (Swiatek), it was never going to happen. So I was forcing myself to finish the match on my own.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter what\u2019s happening, I have to keep fighting. I can win from any score.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andreeva will now face Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals of Stuttgart after the top seed battled past Leylah Fernandez 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(6) in a three hour battle. <\/p>\n
After saving two match points Rybakina edged past Fernandez and will now set a fourth meeting between the pair with Andreeva leading the head-to-head 2-1. <\/p>\n
Ahead of the clash Andreeva detailed Rybakina\u2019s strengths, \u201cThe last time I played against Rybakina was in Indian Wells,\u201d Andreeva stated to the WTA website. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously she\u2019s got a great serve. She likes to be offensive, she likes to go for her shots, and she\u2019s also won this tournament here, so she knows how to play on this surface.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other semi-final will see Elina Svitolina take on Karolina Muchova after they scored wins over Linda Noskova and Coco Gauff. <\/p>\n
A particularly notable win for Muchova who defeated Gauff for the first time in seven tries, \u201cI feel her last-year clay season, Roland Garros champion, just incredible mover. So I just knew that I have to play really well to get a chance to win,\u201d Muchova explained. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to play my game, as well. I tried to slice it up, break her rhythm, and it was working today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Stuttgart semi-finals begin at 1pm BST. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mirra Andreeva once again defeated Iga Swiatek as she progressed to the semi-finals in Stuttgart. It was a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-612064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}