Rebecca Peterson, the surprise of the Mérida Open Grupo Milenio

The Swedish player continues to break schemes in the first edition of the Mérida Open and against all odds she secured her place in the semifinal coming from qualifying.

Solidity was the key in the game for Peterson to defeat the favorite for the title Magda Linette by partials of 6-2 and 6-4being the fourth time in his professional experience that he has eliminated the first seed.

“I have a lot of tennis in me, I know that my position in the ranking does not fully show the player that I am… I am at peace because of the way I have worked in recent months”

Next, she will face Caty McNally, a player who has also received great rewards from the tournament.

The Yucatecan heat failed to stop Catherine and suffering the ravages, she managed to beat the Australian Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 6-3, a more than significant victory as it will be the second semifinal that she has played in her career after achieving the feat in the Washington tournament in 2019.

But the American knows what it is to play a final as she has played two in doubles in the most recent editions of the US Open, 2021 and 2022.

Another one that gave the surprise was Camila Giorgi, with forcefulness, the Italian imposed conditions against the second seed Sloane Stephens and 46 minutes were enough for her to declare the double 6-0.

“All the matches are difficult being here and in any tournament, the truth is that it is a very even level so I am very happy with today’s result”

The individual semifinal is completed with Katerina Siniakova, the Czech was left with the result in her favor after three sets and almost two hours of play, with 6-1, 5-7 and 6-0 she prevented there being an Italian semifinal by winning Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

On the other hand, this Saturday the winning doubles couple will be defined from the match between the American Caty McNally and the French Diane Perry against Xinyu Wang and Fang-Hsien Wu from China and Taiwan respectively.

JMH