The fourteenth seeded Kvitová repaid her six-year-old opponent a week-old defeat from the 1st round of the tournament in Birmingham, ending this year’s invincibility on the grass and a series of 12 wins. After the triumphs in Nottingham and Birmingham, Hadda Maia will not win the third trophy in a row.
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The 31st player in the world, Kvitová, will play the 39th final of her career and the first since last March, when she won in Doha. He can win the 29th career title at Wimbledon General.
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“It was a tough match. I was lucky that the service helped me a lot today. It was definitely better than a week ago in Birmingham. Beatriz is playing great now and he’s on the wave. It’s not easy to face someone like that,” Kvitová said in an interview on the court.
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Petra Kvitová during the semifinal duel with Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia in Eastbourne.Photo: Andrew Boyers, Reuters
As in the quarterfinals against the British Harriet Dartová, the Czech tennis player did not lose any service once. Haddad Maia offered only one breakball, which she averted at the beginning of the first set. She recorded six aces in the match.
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Both tennis players in the introductory set were flawless in their own service and the duel reached a shortened game. In it, Kvitová broke her opponent’s serve three times and won 7: 5. The two-time Wimbledon winner was encouraged by the first set, she used breakball at the beginning of the second and, thanks to the precise service, brought the duel to a victorious end.
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“Beatriz served well, as evidenced by the fact that I managed to get only one break against her. It was a classic match on the grass and I was just waiting for my chance. The main thing was that I got the tie-break in the first set. It was key, “Kvitova said.
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The native of Bílovec will face Ostapenková for the ninth time. Both players have a balanced 4: 4 balance, the last time was the 25-year-old Latvian, who eliminated Kvitová in the quarterfinals in Dubai this February, where she finally won the fifth title in her career. Winner Roland Garros from 2017 Ostapenková has not lost a hundred in defending last year’s championship in Eastbourne.
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Halep resigned from the general due to a neck injury
Romanian tennis player Simona Halepová resigned from the grass tournament in Bad Homburg due to health reasons. Former world number one and Wimbledon winner from 2019 apologized for today’s neck injury before today’s semifinals. For the London grand slam today, she awarded Karolina Muchová the first round ticket.
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Canadian Bianca Andreescu advanced to the finals of the tournament in Bad Homburg without a fight. He will compete for the title on Saturday with the winner of the French duel between Alizé Cornet and Caroline Garcia. Wimbledon will begin on Monday.
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| BAD HOMBURG (grass, subsidy 203,024 euros) |
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| Singles Semifinals: |
| Andreescu (CAN) – Halep (4-Rum.) Without a fight |
| PALMA DE MALLORCA (grass, subsidy 951 745 euros): |
| Singles Semifinals: |
| Tsitsipas (2nd Century) – Bonzi (Fr.) 6:4, 6:4 |
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