The tennis player Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu surpassed the Spanish Sara Smiles Tormo 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 after a 3h12m match battle at the WTA 250 in Palermo. The World No. 45 will seek the title against Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti.
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At 31 years old, Irina-Camelia Begu He is going through one of the best moments of his professional career. The Romanian in this 2022 made the semifinals at the beginning of the year in the WTA Saint Petersburg and quarterfinals in January at Melbourne Summer. Although those results were somewhat distant, in the season he has achieved some regularity to stay in the Top 50 of the world ranking. In his last three tournaments, he reached the fourth round of Roland Garrosmade third lap in Wimbledon and comes from saying goodbye in the second round of Lausanne. already in Palermowas reunited with a great version of herself to cross out Marina Bassols Ribera, Oceane Dodine and Diane Parry to reach the semi-finals.
For her part, Sara Sorribes Tormo is having a good regularity in her season, although it has cost her to get into the top four in a week. The Spanish has managed to reach the quarterfinals of Guadalajara, Monterrey, Istanbul, Madrid y Lusana. However, in Palermo he was given the chance to reach the semi-finals by obtaining good victories over Ana Bogdan, Leolia Jeanjean and Anna Bondar.
Begu takes the battala in Italian lands
In the opening set, Sara Smiles Tormo he dominated on serve and return to nail down an early break and ride it out. Yes ok Irina-Camelia Begu had a chance to recover the break, the Spaniard remained solid and sealed a 6-3 in 49 minutes.
Already in the second set, the dynamics of the match turned upside down. On this occasion, the Romanian came out with a different tactic, hitting with more power, quickly breaking serve and holding it to score 6-3 in 50 minutes.
Deep into the deciding set, the semi-final was an impeccable battle. Until the fourth game, both had had their chance to break, but they couldn’t. However, Irina showed better physical form and from the game to land a double break. But when she served for the match, the Romanian faltered and the Spaniard recovered once to stay alive. Finally, Begu served, took courage and went forward to close his pass to the final by 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 after a 3h12m battle.
