The Wimbledon champion continued her strong summer by defeating Elena Rybakina<\/a> 7-5, 6-3 to reach the championship match of the WTA 1000 event for the first time.<\/p>\n Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> in the previous round and held a 5-3 lead in the opening set, but Swiatek responded with a run of four games in a row and held on to an early advantage in the second.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n “For sure it was a great match,” said Swiatek, who qualified for the WTA Finals with the victory and will retake the No. 2 ranking from Coco Gauff<\/a> if she wins the final. “We played such a high intensity from the beginning. I was just going for it. I knew that I can’t really take the foot off the gas, I need to really be proactive.<\/p>\n “Even though Elena broke me in the first set, I was trying to come up with some ideas just to return some of her serves, because she was serving amazing. I’m happy that I used my chances and I was there when she started missing a bit. Also happy with the level of the second set because I was pretty consistent.”<\/p>\n\n
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