On the evening of April 22, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the WTA500 Stuttgart station were contested, and in a focus battle, the no. 2 seed Bardoza and the no. 7 seed Jabbar met. In the end, the two fought fiercely in three sets in this game, and Bardoza eliminated his opponent 2-1 and successfully reached the final four of the tournament.
In the first set, Bardoza broke in the second set and Abdul-Jabbar broke back in the third set. In the 5th and 6th innings, the two sides broke each other again, and in the 7th set, Abdul-Jabbar broke again, and then she saved a 5-3 lead. Bardoza broke the opponent's serve in the 10th set to win the set. Badosa lost the serve in the 11th set, and then she broke back in the 12th set, and the two sides fought in the first set to grab seven. The two sides were still deadlocked in the seventh set, and Bardoza won the first set 11-9 to grab the seventh.
In the second set, Abdul-Jabbar broke in the 2nd and 4th innings to take a 5-0 lead in the opening. Bardoza didn't save his first serve until the 6th set, but then Abdul-Jabbar saved the break point and cashed in on the 4th set to win the second set 6-1.
In the decider, Bardoza took the lead in the 6th set to take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Abdul-Jabbar completed the break, but then Bardoza broke again in the 8th set, and in the 9th set, Bardoza successfully saved the ball to win the match and win the decider 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 11 minutes, the 2nd seed Bardoza defeated the 7th seed Abdul-Jabbar 7-6 (9), 1-6, 6-3 to reach the final four of the tournament. Bardoza has reached at least the final four in five of her last 10 races. With a performance in Stuttgart to reach the final four, Bardoza will overtake Klečkova next week to become the new WTA world number two.