The Spanish Rebecca Masarova qualified for her first final on the women’s world circuit by defeating Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure in the semifinal of the Auckland tournament, where she will face the American Coco Gauff, who defeated the Montenegrin Danka Kovinic.
Masarova, Roland Garros Junior champion in 2016 and one of the highest players on the WTA Tour (1.86), was superb on her serve, with nine straight aces and won 75 percent of the points, to continue making history in his short career and win the double 6-3 in one hour and seven minutes. So far, the best result of his career was the penultimate round of Gstaad in 2016.
Gauff, the first seed, will be playing in his first outdoor hard court final in three years, also in Auckland after defeating the seventh seed in a 6-0, 6-2 fashion.
Masarova’s merit is double as she had to play the previous WTA 250 in New Zealand and then beat important rivals like Sloane Stephens, US Open champion in 2017, Anna Blinkova (73rd in the world) and Karolina Muchova. In addition to the success of reaching his first final, this means entering the Top-100 of the ranking. If he wins the title this morning, he will move up to 78th place.
“I feel phenomenal, very excited and happy. I did this game after game, gaining more confidence every day before the great players. I’m tired, but happy that I can finally play outside”, said Pipo Maresma’s student in Barcelona, born in Basel 23 years ago to a Slovak father and a Spanish mother .
Source: La Verdad
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