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Stuttgart [Germany], April 21 (ANI): Fourth seed Elena Rybakina ended World No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s campaign for a third title at the Stuttgart Open with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 triumph in the semifinals. Rybakina’s 2-hour, 49-minute victory ended Swiatek’s 10-match winning streak at the competition and ensured that a new champion would be crowned at the Porsche Arena. In the final, Rybakina will face unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk. “It was a very tough match, like always, against Iga. Really happy that I won on clay. Gives confidence, of course,” Rybakina said as quoted by WTA. Swiatek began the encoun…

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