the czech Petra Kvitova returned this Saturday to the American Madison Keys and succeeded for 6-7(6), 6-4 and 6-3 to fly to Final tournament in Cincinnatiwhere she awaits one between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and French Caroline Garcia.
The double Wimbledon champion (2011 and 2014), currently number 28 in the world, is sure to break into the top 20 in the rankings and will fight this Sunday for his second title of the year, after Eastburn.
Kvitova, 32, is the fifth active player with the most semifinals on the WTA circuit (63) and broke the flight of a Keys who in this tournament was able to eliminate the Polish Iga Swiatek, number 1 in the world.
It took her two hours and 18 minutes to win her ninth career matchup with Keys.
He had the merit of keeping his composure despite losing a high-intensity first set, which lasted nearly an hour, 8-6 in the tiebreak.
With his strong serve and eight aces, which made him the most connected this week (36), he bounced back from the Keys and was knocked out of a tournament the American won in 2019.
Kvitova fared less well in this tournament, where she had to forfeit a match point to eliminate Swiss Jil Tiechmann in the first round.
With a victory in the final, the Czech will enter the week before the start of the US Open as the No. 15 in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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