The Women's Singles tournament at Indian Wells has decided the final women's singles final four list, with defending champion and tournament No. 5 seed Bardoza taking Cudmetova in two sets to win ten consecutive games at IW and then reaching the final four this season after Sydney.
Espanyol's semi-final opponent is the tournament's No. 6 seed Sakari, who beat No. 17 seed Lebakina 2-0 in another quarter-final to reach the semi-finals in three consecutive tournaments this season and set a new personal best record in the IW.
In addition, in the two quarter-finals that ended earlier on matchday, Halep and the tournament's No. 3 seed Swatak met in a match between the two Grand Slam champions.
There is no doubt that this year's Women's Singles Final Four lineup of Indian Wells is still quite good, and the three big seeded players plus the former women's singles world no. 1 lineup can be described as a lot of highlights.
But what we're looking at today is an early player, Azarenka, who, as the 13th seed of the tournament, was eliminated by Lebakina after beating the lucky loser Sharma in the second round.
Judging by the score, this is just an ordinary defeat, but fans who have seen the actual game will definitely be impressed by Azarenka's tears in the game.
The score was 3-6 2-2, Azarenka was behind, her emotions suddenly collapsed, and the former champion of the tournament who could not help but bow her head and cry before continuing to play after some communication with the referee.
Seeing this, there may be fans who are sure that Azarenka is "acting" again, after all, she still has many famous scenes when she was young, and this part of the fans is also merciless in scolding people.
However, after more in-depth thinking, combined with the current international situation, everyone may have some understanding that Azarenka from Belarus has actually been under pressure from public opinion on social platforms recently.
Her sudden emotional out-of-control performance on the pitch may be inseparable from recent encounters, and sure enough, Azarenka has now deleted two of her most important social media accounts...
But there are still activists who run to Azarenka's son's account to leave a message insulting... Combined with the current international situation, it is no exaggeration to say that all players in Belarus and Russia are actually facing great "pressure".
British officials have even publicly stated that Russian and Belarusian players may be barred from playing at Wimbledon unless publicly denouncing Putin..... In addition to Azarenka, the affected players may also include Medvedev, Rublev, Kachanov, Karatsev, Sabalenka, Sassnovic...
Not only tennis, figure skating, winter paralympic games, football... These sports are affected by the international situation, of course, sports are only the tip of the iceberg, Russian cats are on the list of sanctions.
Of course, it is still a bit far away, as far as Azarenka's deletion of social media accounts is concerned, I still hope that everyone will have more kindness to athletes! (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)