In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 WTA500 Stuttgart Station were all over. In addition to the Australian Open champion Sabalenka, the top four in the world will be dropped, and Swiatek and Rybakina will meet in the semifinals. Australian Open champion Sabalenka lost out. Kostyuk eliminated Gauff and continued his journey as a "dark horse".
Rybakina and Paulini's quarter-finals started first, and the two sides played each other, winning 1 time each. As a result, fourth seed Rybakina battled in three sets and withstood the pressure in the deciding set to defeat Paulini 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time and her fifth semi-final on tour this season. Rybakina has also been promoted to the new three-set queen, winning all of her last 10 matches to reach the decider, and she also became the first player since Naomi Osaka to win 10 consecutive full three-set matches
Australian Open champion Sabalenka faced Wimbledon champion Vondrousova to record 2-4 in the head-to-head match. As a result, No. 6 seed Vondrousova overcame the runner-up and No. 2 seed Sabalenka, the runner-up of the past three tournaments, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, to end a four-game losing streak against the latter, to achieve the fifth career TOP2 victory, and also to reach the semi-finals of the tour after winning Wimbledon last year, surpassing Zheng Qinwen in the world ranking to become seventh in the world. Sabalenka was sadly out, with Sabalenka having a dismal record after winning the Australian Open, with only 4 wins and 4 losses. Dubai 1st round tour (0 wins), Indian Wells round of 16 (2 wins), Miami 3rd round (1 win), Stuttgart quarterfinals (1 win).
Swiatek and Raducanu are in another Grand Slam title matchup, with Swiatek 2-0. As a result, two-time defending champion and top seed Swiatek defeated Raducanu 7-6(2), 6-3, winning all three matches against the latter and advancing to the semi-finals for the third year in a row. The world No. 1 holds a perfect 10-0 record in Stuttgart.
Kostyuk
The tournament's No. 3 seed Gauff takes on Ukraine's Kostyuk. Kostyuk is in good form, beating China's Zheng Qinwen in the last round to reach the quarterfinals. Both have played each other twice in their careers, and Gauff has won both in three sets. As a result, the two sides battled fiercely in three sets again, and Kostyuk continued to show his true colors, defeating Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) to advance to the semi-finals and win the TOP3 for the first time in his career. Kostyuk continues the dark horse tour of Stuttgart.
The semi-final matchups are as follows:
Swiatek vs Rybakina
Kostyuk vs Vondrousova