The Tunisian Ounce Jabeurwho will play against Argentina Nadia Podoroskaand the Czech Linda Fruhvirtova and the Russian Diana Schneiderrivals in the other match, will star in semi-finals of the hard court tennis tournament Ningbo (China).
Jabeur (no. 7 in the WTA world list), first favorite of the Chinese tournament, who managed to become, in 2022, the first African woman to reach the final of a Grand Slam, reached the semifinals in her debut, after defeating the Russian. Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 4-6 and 6-1. The WTA 1000 Madrid 2022 champion again showed her skills against a motivated Zvonareva, who ended up succumbing after two hours and nine minutes of contention.
Argentina Nadia Podoroska, who will meet Jabeur in the next round, left his opponent with no options, after conserving all the break opportunities he had (5/5). Something that did not happen to Katerina Siniakova (90), who, by wasting her five options on the break, was forced to leave before the Ningbo tournament (double 6-1).
Also, in Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (117th in the world), one of the stars of the second semi-final, it took her one hour and 17 minutes to complete the course of the Italian Lucia Bronzetti (65th). A lack of service control on the part of Bronzetti, which brought the 18-year-old closer to the title.
Diana Schneider, world number 85, her place in the next round was secured after eliminating the second seed, Czech Petra Kvitova, in two hours and three minutes and closing out her victory with a 6-1, 4-6 and 6- 3 , during a spiky match that featured nine breaks of service, of which six were converted by the Russian and three by the Czech.
Source: La Verdad
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