Elena Rybakina‘s spectacular 2020 season continues to thrive, as the Kazakh 20-year-old has improved to 4-0 in semifinal matches this year by beating eighth seed Petra Martic to reach the final at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The world No.15 Martic was the only semifinalist to not drop a set this week and the Croat was up a break in both sets against Rybakina, but the world No.19 recovered each time to win the sets in tiebreaks, saving a set point in both sets to advance to the title match on her tournament debut.