Pole, who had just won the Doha, Indian Wells and Miami tournaments, defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 and 7-5 on Saturday and joined Belarus, which won earlier from Spaniard Paula Badosa 7-6 (7/5) and 6-4.

After a match that lasted just over three hours, Pole converted his first match point after crushing Samsonova three times in the final set, eventually winning 7-5.

Additional proof of the 20 -year -old player’s resilience: Players like me are born to fighthe says.

Before that, world No. 1 didn’t suffer much. 4 Sabalenka to dismiss Badosa, who reached the final in Stuttgart for the second consecutive year. The Belarusian won fiercely against the first set, pushing their opponent to the tiebreaker (7/5) before maintaining consistent pressure in the second set.

It’s a tough fight against the toughest opponent (of the week, editor’s note)said Sabalenka, defeated in last year’s final by Ashleigh Barty. I just tried to stay alive on the first run.

Despite the defeat, Badosa is guaranteed to climb to No. 2 in the WTA rankings on Monday.