In the quarter-finals in Warsaw, tennis player Linda Nosková was not enough for home star and world number one Iga Šwiateková, with whom she lost in one hour and 20 minutes 1:6, 4:6. The last Czech was also eliminated from the tournament on a hard surface.
The 18-year-old Nosková was significantly behind Šwiateková in the first set, she won her only game at 0:5. The second set was more balanced, the tournament’s top eight took Polka’s serve right from the edge, but she immediately equalized. Another break was decided by Šwiateková, four years older, in the ninth game, after which the winner of four Grand Slams had already served out the match.
In addition to Nosková, four other Czech women played singles in Warsaw. Linda Fruhvirtová and Kateřina Siniaková were eliminated in the first round, Karolína Muchová and Tereza Martincová in the second.
The first title for the Russian, Kolodziej is waiting
Dutch tennis player Arantxa Rusová defeated Germany’s Noma Noha Akugue 6:0, 7:6 in the final of the clay tournament in Hamburg and won her first WTA singles title. The 32-year-old player also has four doubles titles to her credit, she succeeded in the singles right from her first appearance in the final.
In the first set, the seventh-seeded Russian gave the “canary” to the 13-year-younger Noha Akugue, who advanced to the final in her first start in the main competition of the WTA Tour tournament. The second set was completely balanced, at 5:4, the Dutchwoman did not convert two match points on her opponent’s serve.
In the tie-break, Rusová took a 6-1 lead thanks to six points in a row, and finally converted the fifth match point after an hour and three quarters. Thanks to the victory, he will move up 18 places in the rankings to his lifetime 42nd place. Nohaová Akugueová will improve from the third hundred to the 142nd position.
Czech tennis player Miriam Kolodziejová did not win the doubles title in Hamburg. With the American Angela Kulikova in the final of the two highest seeded pairs, they lost 4:6, 2:6 to the Russian-Kazakh couple Alexandra Panova and Anna Danilinova, the tournament’s number one players.
Kolodziejová played the doubles final on the WTA circuit for the second time today, last October in Parma alongside her compatriot Anastasia Detiucová. At the weekend, Detiucova will compete for the doubles trophy in Lausanne, where her teammate is Amina Anšbaová from Russia.
In the men’s singles, Alexander Zverev will play for the title for the first time in his hometown. The former world number two defeated Arthur Fils 6:2, 6:4 in the semifinals, which was his highest so far in Hamburg. The Frenchman did not follow up on his surprising win over tournament number one Casper Ruud.
The 26-year-old Zverev will face Lasl Djere of Serbia in Sunday’s final and will be seeking his 20th career title and his first since winning the Tournament of Champions in November 2021. The 28-year-old Djere has two titles to his name, the last in 2020.
Women’s tennis tournament in Warsaw (hard surface, subsidy 251,750 euros):
Singles – quarterfinals: Šwiateková (1-Pol.) – Noskova (8-ČR) 6:1, 6:4, Siegemundová (German) – Stefaniniová (It.) 7:6 (7:5), 5:7, 6:3, Wickmayerová (Belgium) – Watsonová (Britain .) 6:4, 6:3.
Semifinals: Siegemundová – Mariaová (Germany) 5:7, 6:3, 6:4.
Tennis tournament for men and women in Hamburg (clay):
Men (subsidy 1,981,470 euros):
Singles – semi-finals: Zverev (4-Germany) – Fils (Fr.) 6:2, 6:4, Djere (Serb.) – Zhang Chenchen (China) 6:3, 6:2.
Women (subsidy 225,480 euros):
Singles – final: Rusová (7-Nez.) – Nohaová Akugueová (Germany) 6:0, 7:6 (7:3).
Doubles – final: Panovová, Danilinová (1-Rus./Kaz.) – KolodziejováKulikova (2-CR/USA) 6:4, 6:2.
Atlanta Men’s Tennis Tournament (hard court, $822,175 endowment):
Singles – semi-finals: Fritz (1-USA) – Wolf (8-USA) 6:3, 7:5.
Men’s tennis tournament in Umag (clay, subsidy 630,705 euros):
Singles – semi-finals: Wawrinka (6-Switzerland) – Sonego (2-It.) 6:3, 6:4, Popyrin (Aust.) – Arnaldi (7-It.) 6:7 (2:7), 7 :5, 6:3.
Doubles – final: Rola, Serdaručič (Slovenia/Croatia) – Bolelli, Vavassori (1-It.) 4:6, 7:6 (7:2), 15:13.
Lausanne Women’s Tennis Tournament (clay, $259,303 endowment):
Singles – semifinal: Cocciarettová (2-It.) – Bondárová (Germany) 6:7 (3:7), 7:6 (8:6), 7:5, Burelová (Fr.) – Parryová (9-Fr. .) 4:6, 7:6 (7:2), 6:3.
