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183 minutes of comeback! ST World No. 1 won 22 consecutive victories and reached the final in four consecutive races

In the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, the semi-final of the WTA500 Stuttgart station began to compete, and Sviatek, who participated in the first tour competition as the world's first, met Samsonova. After a fierce battle in three sets, Sviatek achieved a reversal after losing the first set, eliminating his opponent 2-1 and winning 22 consecutive victories to reach the final of the tournament.

183 minutes of comeback! ST World No. 1 won 22 consecutive victories and reached the final in four consecutive races

In the first set, Sviatek broke first in the second set to make it 3-0. Samsova broke in the 7th inning and then saved four break points in the 8th innings to make it 4-4. After that, both sides kept their serves, and the first set was dragged into the seventh. Samsonova was even better at seven sets, winning seven sets 7-4.

183 minutes of comeback! ST World No. 1 won 22 consecutive victories and reached the final in four consecutive races

In the second set, Samsonova saved four break points in the 3rd set, the first 8 sets were saved by both sides, and in the 9th set, Sviatek completed the key break, and then she won the second set 6-4.

183 minutes of comeback! ST World No. 1 won 22 consecutive victories and reached the final in four consecutive races

The two sides broke each other's serves at the start of the decider, with Sviatek breaking again in the 3rd set and Samsonova breaking down to make it 3-3 in the 6th set. In the 11th set, Sviatek completed a key break on the opponent's serve and came to win the set 6-5. In the 12th set, Sviatek managed to save and won the tiebreaker 7-5.

183 minutes of comeback! ST World No. 1 won 22 consecutive victories and reached the final in four consecutive races

In the end, in a match that took 3 hours and 03 minutes, Sviatek defeated the world's 31st-ranked Samsova 6-7 (4)/ 6-4, 7-5, and won 22 consecutive victories to reach the final of the tournament. This is Sviatek's fourth consecutive race to reach the final, and she will launch a final sprint towards her 7th career title. Waiting for Sviatek in the final was the 2nd seed Sabalenka, who eliminated the 3rd seed, Svádosa.

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