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Swiatek and Sabalenka reacted superbly after the final in Madrid
Swiatek led 1-0 in sets and Sabalenka came back strongly. The clay in Madrid heated up in the deciding set, which caused an epic battle. Sabalenka took the first two match points at 6-5 in the 3rd set on Swiatek’s serve, but the world number one survived. The tiebreak was a fantastic emotional rollercoaster. At 6-5, the Pole had her first match point, but Sabalenka served and saved it. It was again the Belaus player’s turn to be within a single point of happiness, but Swiatek leveled at 7 and then delivered the decisive blow. The cool blood of the Pole was the key to one of the most beautiful finals in recent years in women’s tennis.
“Aryna… in as many other finals as possible… it’s always a challenge to play against you. Thank you for motivating me and pushing me to be a better player. I think what you saw on the court been pretty special. Thank you Aryna for sticking with me through the ups and downs. For understanding me and motivating me.. because without you I wouldn’t be here.. I hope we keep making progress. That’s the most important thing in the end. I want to thank my family for supporting me.” said Madrid champion Iga Swiatek.
“Congratulations on another great tournament. You did an incredible job. I hope to win it next year. 3 hours. It was a long match. I hope we can recover quickly for the next tournament,” replied Sabalenka.
Kopic, exasperated after “U” Cluj – Dinamo 3-3
Dinamo is very close to another relegation! 3-3 in Cluj means that Dinamo needs the game of results to manage to grab a play-off spot. The goals conceded in the second half were incredible. Goalkeeper Golubovic had a good game but dropped a ball for the 2-2 goal, while the final score was settled after a deflection in the 91st minute.
“I had a good game, there were a lot of positives. It’s difficult to concede a goal like that, it’s frustrating and it’s very difficult to explain. I don’t think it was fear, we showed we can handle the pressure We have players in the team who are good mentally. We conceded six or seven goals in the last minute. We played a good game. I still think the game was good we took two goals from our mistakes. We have lost a lot of points in the last few weeks, now we also depend on the other teams. Our job is to fight to the end for Dinamo, we don’t give up “, said Zeljko Kopic, after U Cluj – Dinamo 3-3.
Alex Ionța, hero in China
Alex Ioniţă scored a goal for Yunnan Yukun, who defeated Qingdao Red Lions 3-2 on Saturday, away, in a game in the stage of the second Chinese league. Ionita scored his team’s first goal (43), the others being scored by Zilong Han (45+2) and Jing Luo (56). Former speedster Ioniţă, who was a full-time player, has scored two goals and one assist in 9 games, writes Agerpres.
The French Yaya Sanogo (39) and the Togolese Samuel Asamoah (61), formerly at FCU Craiova, scored for the hosts. Yunnan Yukun leads the Chinese second league with 20 points, tied with Dalian Yingbo.
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