Tennis
Russification from Sventek. Finalists of the super tournament in Madrid announced
The semi-finals of the clay tournament of the WTA 1000 series were held in Madrid (Spain).
The world’s first racket Iga Sviontek, unclassified flagless tennis player Veronika Kudermetova. By the way, this is the second victory of the Polish woman in the Spanish capital against representatives of 404 countries per thousand. Defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1/8 final.
In the final, Sventek will face Arina Sobolenko, who defeated Maria Sakkari.
Interestingly, two weeks ago, the girls played each other in the final of the competition in Stuttgart. Then Iga won in two sets.
Madrid. 1/2 finals
Arina Sobolenko [2] –
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Only the 3rd time in the last 40 years, the 1st and 2nd of the world will meet on the dirt ground twice in the same season!
2013 (Serena and Sharapova – Stuttgart and Roland Garros)
1984 (Navratilova and Evert – Amelia Island and Roland Garros) pic.twitter.com/fVJK1HNaxp
— wta (@WTA) May 4, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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