Yanina Wickmayer (WTA 109) had a bit of a frustrating day on Friday when she saw her singles quarter-final at the Warsaw hard court WTA 250 tournament fall through due to rain disrupting the event. The 33-year-old Limburger, however, managed to qualify for the doubles final in a hard-fought match and won indoors 6-0, 6-7 (6/8), 10-6 with the Briton Heather Watson against the Indian Ankita Line and the Chinese Yue Yuan.
“In fact, it rained all day. It’s not easy to wait like that and have matches postponed, but you have to deal with it“, she told Belga, as she prepares for a lively Saturday. Weather permitting, the Belgian N.2 will indeed take to the court at the start of the afternoon for her quarter-final against her doubles partner, Heather Watson (WTA 146), 31.
“She is also coming back very well and has already achieved some good results this season (semi-final in Nottingham, editor’s note)“, she confided. “I’m going to have to impose my game and fight on every point, because she’s not going to give me anything. She’s my doubles partner this week, and we get along very well, but we’re professionals. So there will be no freebies.“
And in case of victory, she would have a good chance of challenging neither more nor less in stride thanIga Swiatek (WTA 1), 22 years old, triple winner of Roland Garros. “To face the world N.1 at home in Poland would be great! It’s an additional source of motivation, because it’s among other things for this kind of match that I replay on the circuit. Iga dominates women’s tennis, it would be great to be able to play her in the semis. But first, we will have to beat Watson“, she concluded.
2023-07-28 19:48:37
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