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Patna : World No 2 Aryna Sabalenka, 23, Belarus, and World No 73 Leylah Annie Fernandez, 19, Canada, will class in women’s singles semi-final of US Open at New York, USA, on September 10, 2021.
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat reigning French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, 25, Czech Republic, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 in quarter-final on September 8, 2021, early morning, to move into SFs of US Open. The Belarusian won 4 break points during the match to 1 by Krejcikova. Sabalenka She also won 6 games in a row during the match. Sabalenka, however, also committed 7 double faults during the match to 5 by the Czech. The Belarusian fired 5 Aces in the match to 4 by World No 9 Krejcikova. Sabalenka, in all, won 71 points in the match to 51 by the Czech.
World No 73 Leylah Annie Fernandez, who had stunned defending champion and 3rd seed Naomi Osaka, 23, Japan, in third round on September 4, 2021, upset World No 5 & 5th seed Elina Svitolina, 26, Ukraine, in a three-set contest in quarter-final on September 8, 2021, early morning, to reach US Open semi-finals.
Fernandez beat Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in QF. Svitolina, however, fired 8 Aces during the match to just 1 by Leylah Fernandez. Both the players won 4 break points each during the match but Leylah also won a tiebreak. Sviyolina won 4 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Canadian. The Ukrainian, in all, won 99 points during the match to 97 by the Canadian.