Elena Rybakina is back on track at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. The former Wimbledon champion outlasted No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in three sets in the semifinals of the WTA 500 event on Friday and will face No. 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova for her first title in more than a year.
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The top-seeded Rybakina needed 2 hours and 46 minutes to see off Haddad Maia in the semifinals 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-2 to reach a title match for the first time since winning the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix last spring. The former World No. 12 — who dropped out of the Top 10 for the first time since 2023 earlier this month — won six straight games in the final set to advance,…