The Spanish Rebecca Masarova he stood up to a better ranked player, the Polish Magda Linettefirst seed, but her success in the decisive moments of the match gave her a pass to the semifinals of the WTA tournament on the hard court in Guangzhou (China), after winning the quarterfinals 7-5 and 7-6 (6 ).
Masarovanumber 64 in the WTA and fifth seed, broke her rival’s first serve from the start (27), but, when she served at 5-4 to win the set, Linette signed two consecutive breaks that gave her the set .
The second set, with both very stable, led to the tiebreaker game, where the Spaniard again assumed and then lost the initiative: from 5-3 in favor it was from 7-5 against.
Masarova, 24, is at the highest WTA ranking of her career. In his previous tournament, the United States Open, he defeated the Greek in the first round Maria Sakkarieighth seed.
Source: La Verdad
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