In the absence of 12 days for the tennis party at Perla Tapatia, the tunisian U.S Jabeur and estonia Anett Contact knife They are in a fierce struggle to win the last ticket to the AKRON WTA Finals Guadalajara 2021.
After the world’s number one tennis player, Australian Ashleigh Barty, decided to withdraw from the tournament, everything seemed to indicate that Ons Jabeur had secured that eighth place to compete in the WTA Finals, but Anett Kontaveit has raised his hand to try to keep that last quota.
Kontaveit defeated the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalínina yesterday to achieve her pass to the semifinals of the WTA in Courmayeur, and with this result she keeps alive the possibility of adding more points in the annual ranking in search of snatching that eighth and last place from Jabeur heading to the AKRON WTA Finals Guadalajara 2021.
Jabeur decided not to compete in the WTA in Courmayeur because she was still convalescing due to some discomfort and this could leave her out of the end of the year tournament, since she did not have the incredible streak of Kontaveit, who also comes from conquering the tournament in Moscow last week pass.
So far the WTA has confirmed seven of the eight spots for the finals to be played in Guadalajara starting on November 10; Age Swiatek, Garbiñe Muguruza, Paula Badosa, Arina Sabalenka, Barbora Krejcikova, Carolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari they already have their pass insured and the last ticket will depend on what Kontaveit says.
The facilities to receive the AKRON WTA Finals in Guadalajara they are close to being completed in a timely manner, so a total show is expected at Perla Tapatia next month, both on the courts and in the stands.
Halep, a Semis in Transylvania
The Romanian and first seed SIMON Halep yesterday advanced to the semifinals of the Transylvania in a day in which Emma Raducanu, champion of the US Open, lost a duel between adolescents in less than an hour.
Raducanu, 18, third-seeded, fell 6-2, 6-1 to 19-year-old Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in a match in which the Briton battled her serve from start to finish.
Raducanu committed seven double faults and won less than half the points in his service games, which Kostyuk took advantage of to reach his third Semifinal of the season.
Kostyuk will look to advance to the first final of his career when he meets Halep, who easily edged compatriot Jacqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-1.
The tournament’s second-seeded Anett Kontaveit also had a smooth path to the Semifinals, defeating Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-1 to reach her 13th consecutive indoor win, after lifting titles in Ostrava and Moscow.
With information from Agencies
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