• Seventh-seeded Cincinnati Alon Ostapenko/Ludmila Kichenoka played against Kazakh Anna Danilina and Brazilian Beatrice Hadada-Maija in the round of 16.
→ In the third game of the match, Kichenoka did not hold serve (1:2), but Danilina did not fare better either – 2:2. The opponents triumphed on Ostapenko’s serve (2:3), while in the decisive episode of the next set, the Latvian tennis player defeated the Brazilian in a long duel – 3:3. Kichenoka served admirably (4:3), which could not be said about Danilina – 5:3. In Ostapenko’s service game, the opponents were left at zero – 6:3.
→ → In the second game of the next set, Ostapenko did not succeed with serving (0:2), while it was already a tradition for Danilina – 1:2. Kichenok’s service game gave 2:2, but Ostapenko did not hold serve again – 2:4. Had to compromise with 3:6.
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→ → → In the decisive tiebreak, Kichenoka reached 1-0, ours did not understand in defense (1-1), Danilina triumphed at the net (1-2) and shot out (2-2), Kichenoka made a double fault (2-3), Danilina hit the net (3- 3), Kichenoka hit across the court (3-4), Ostapenko made an irresistible shot (4-4), the Brazilian responded with the same (4-5) and hit the net (5-5), Ostapenko hit perfectly (6-5) , Danilina’s boom flew over the court (7-5), Kichenoka made a double fault (7-6), Ostapenko and Kichenoka hit the net (7-7, 7-8), but later Kichenoka triumphed twice at the net (8-8, 9-8). In the match play, the Brazilian served, Ostapenko aggressively hit back, but then Haddad-Maija missed the court: 10-8.
• Reaching the semi-finals is worth $37,180 in prize money.
• Tonight around 4.00 a.m in the semi-finals, the neutral athlete Veronika Kudermetova and the Belgian Eliza Mertens, who are ranked number one, will face each other.
• We remind you that at the Wimbledon Championship, Ostapenko/Kichenoka played in the semi-finals, while the Ukrainian later stated that the strong duo can achieve even more.
• After this tournament, the last “Grand Slam” or “US Open” of the year will take place.
Resources used:
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