the Croatian Petra Marticsixth favorite, shocked the first seed, the Greek Maria Sakkarito reach the final of the tournament of Linz who will play against the Russian Anastasia Potapovaeighth, who won the Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
Both semifinals had to be resolved in three sets. Martic, who has yet to beat the great candidate, Sakkari, returned to the Hellenic player, whom he defeated a month ago, in the United Cup.
Martic won 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4 and is now looking to reach the third trophy of her career after Istanbul in 2019 and Lausanne in 2022. Her final obstacle was Potapova who ended up imposing her game with Vondrousova (6-1). , 6-7 (4) and 6-3).
The Russian, 44 in the WTA rankings, took two and a quarter hours to overcome the Czech for the first time and reach her fifth final on the circuit in search of her second trophy after the one she won in Istanbul last year.
For its part, the Swiss Belinda Bencic Brazilian development ended Beatriz Haddad Maiasixth seed in Abu Dhabiwho blamed fatigue and left the Swiss without a final to play against the Russian Lyudmila Samsonovabutcher of china qinwenzheng.
Haddad Maia advanced to the semifinals after pulling out of his round of 16 and fourth match in three sets. But it fell against the Olympic champion, second seed, who won in an hour and a half 6-2, 6-3.
Bencic will face Samsonova who defeated Zheng in three sets 6-4, 1-6 and 6-4. This will be the fifth final for the Russian tennis player who has won all the ones he has played so far, the most recent, in 2022 in Washington, Cleveland and Tokyo. Before, in 2021, he released his record in Berlin.
Source: La Verdad
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