Tennis
Iga Sventek defeated the Russians in the tournament held in the Czech Republic and advanced to the final.
Polish tennis player Iga Sventek (WTA 1) lost in the 1/2 final of the WTA 500 tournament in Ostrava (Czech Republic) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia, WTA 21) in three sets of 2 hours and 40 minutes.
WTA 500 Ostrava. It’s tough indoors. 1/2 finals
Iga Sventek (Poland) [1] – Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 7:6 (7:5), 2:6, 6:4
This was Iga’s 10th consecutive win. Prior to this tournament, he had won the trophy at the US Open.
In the final of the tournament, Sventek will play against Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic, WTA 23).
60th win of the year 🥳
seed number 1 @iga_swiatek He bounced back for a win against Alexandrova in a tight three-set match!#OstravaOpen pic.twitter.com/pr08ojPzcy
– wta (@WTA) 8 October 2022
Ｅｘｔｅｎｄｉｎｇ increased his streak to 10 😎@iga_swiatek | #OstravaOpen pic.twitter.com/PuHs340u1k
– wta (@WTA) 8 October 2022
Source: Sport UA
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