Elena Rybakina mentioned she confirmed glimpses of her best possible shape all the way through her dominant win over international primary Iga Swiatek within the Indian Wells semi-final on Friday, including she feels she will beat someone by way of keeping up that stage.
The arena quantity 10 thrashed holder Swiatek 6-2 6-2 to arrange a conflict with Aryna Sabalenka. The Kazakh mentioned her competitive taste and booming serve made all of the distinction within the fit.
“Nowadays I used to be pushing so much. General, some gamers it’s tougher to play towards,” Wimbledon champion Rybakina mentioned.
“With Iga, she’s a difficult opponent, but if I play like this and the whole thing is going in… Nowadays in some moments I performed at my best possible stage. There are moments you are feeling, ‘OK, I will be able to beat someone if I at all times play like this’.
“It’s the purpose, however you by no means really feel wonderful and highest each fit. I feel lately it was once in reality just right from me.”
Rybakina mentioned she was once reaping the rewards of the onerous paintings she had installed through the years.
“I feel I’ve been bettering in those 4 years on excursion. It’s simply the whole thing coming in combination – the enjoy, the workforce become larger and I’m operating so much on health,” she mentioned.
“Simply getting more potent slightly bodily and simply the paintings we did for the previous 4 years. It’s appearing now at the court docket and with my effects.”
Rybakina will glance to overcome Sabalenka for the primary time of their 5th assembly on Sunday, after shedding to the Belarusian within the Australian Open last in January.
“It’s now not going to be a very easy fit,” Rybakina mentioned. “It’s going to be in those snatch moments that I want to play higher. With a bit of luck now it’s going to switch the ranking between us.”
