The Belgian Elise Mertens qualified this Thursday for the semifinals of the tournament in Hobart, Australia, then eliminate Russian Veronika Kudermetova in three sets, on a day where surprises continued to come from young Australian tennis player Maya Joint, 18 years old.
Elise Mertens beat Kudermetova in three sets in what looked like an easier match than it turned out. After a solid 6-1 from the Belgian, The Russian tennis player endorsed the corrective 6-0 to leave the game open until the end, when Mertens solves the match with a 6-2.
In this way, Mertens so join the list of semi-finalists of the contest in which the Americans were already present McCartney Kesslerthe Armenian Elina Avanesyan and the Australian Maya Joint.
The latter will play Elise Mertens in the semifinals in what will be a revelation of the tournament. At the age of 18, the Australian player defeated Sofia Kenin (6-3, 6-1) with solvency.
Maya Joint He already knows who he will face first at the Australian Open, which starts this Sunday. J.essica Pegula, one of the most powerful players in the draw and number 7 in the WTA ranking, will face Horbart’s revelationso this matchup against Mertens will be a preamble to see how far the Australian can go in the first Grand Slam of the season.
The semifinals, therefore, looked like this:
McCartney Kessler (United States) – Elina Avanesyan (Armenia)
Elise Mertens (Belgium) – Maya Joint (Australia)
Source: La Verdad
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