The Idaman Final At The 2023 Paribas Open BNP Fails To Be Realized, This Beautiful Tennis Player Is The Perpetrator

Women's tennis player, Elena Rybakina. (Photo: Twitter/@BNPPARIBASOPEN)

JAKARTA - The final of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, failed to materialize. The world number one tennis player, Iga Swiatek, stopped in the semifinals.

It was Elena Rybakina who tackled the defending champion. She won a landslide victory 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals, on Friday, March 17, local time or Saturday, March 18, WIB.

Rybakina, who is the defending champion Wimbledon, now has the opportunity to avenge Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated her in Melbourne. Sabalenka himself advanced to the final with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over seventh seed Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari.

Rybakina has shown her dominance over Swiatek since the opening game. He does high-precision service.

Meanwhile, Swiatek did not have an answer to Rybakina's attack, and surrendered in the first set. It was repeated in the second set when Rybakina advanced to lead 5-0. Had reduced the score to 5-1, he returned to submission.

"I didn't expect that I would play that good today," Rybakina said, as quoted from AFP via Antara, Saturday. "Hopefully I will play like this on Sunday."

Rybakina's victory thwarted Swiatek's efforts to become the first female player after Martina Navatilova in 1990-91 to win successive titles in the tournament to be held in the California desert.

Swiatek, who is still hoping to defend his title at the Miami Open which starts next week, is disappointed not to be able to execute the coach's idea to stop Rybakina.

"We're thinking of the Australian Open, we want to learn from that game," said Swiatek. "I want to use the tips and improve my game. But I can't do it today."