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Elena Rybakina ended Iga Swiatek’s bid for a third consecutive title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory in the semi-finals on Saturday. Rybakyna ended Swiatek’s 10-match winning streak at the tournament in 2 hours 49 minutes and will now face the winner of the second semi-final between sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova and unseeded Marta Kostyuk. The Kazakh reached her fifth final of the season and will hope to add a winner’s trophy in Stuttgart to triumphs in Adelaide and Abu Dhabi.

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