the czech Barbora Krejcikova his rematch with the American ended Jessica Pegula (6-1, 5-7 and 6-0), third favorite, to reach the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai that she already played in 2021, where she will face the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek.
The Brno tennis player, thirtieth in the women’s ranking, eliminated the Russian Daria Kasatkina in the second round, his countryman Petra Kvitova in the eighth and in Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, second favorite. Now he got revenge on Pegula whom he defeated a few months ago, at the Australian Open, the only time the two met.
Krejcikova, who took two hours and one minute to beat the American, ranked third in the world, will play in the ninth final of her career, the first of the year, in search of her sixth title.
The 2021 Roland Garros champion has reached the final in Dubai. Two editions ago and they lost to Espanyol Garbine Muguruza.
This time, Krejcikova will play against the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek, who defeated American Cori Gauff 6-4 and 6-2.
The Pole who won his first 2023 trophy in Qatar at the weekend to take his tally to twelve, achieved his eighth straight victory over Coco Gauff in search of his second 2023 title.
This will be the fourth match between Krejcikova and Swiatek. The first two were won by the Pole, in 2021 in Miami and Rome, but the most recent, last year in the Ostrava final, went to the Czech.
Source: La Verdad
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