17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtová made it to the semi-finals of the WTA Tour tournament for the first time in her career in Chennai. The Czech tennis player defeated Russian Varvara Gračeva 6: 4, 6: 3 today in the quarter-finals in India on a hard surface.
Fruhvirts lost the start of sets in the match against paper favorite Gračevová. The talented Czech, ranked 130th in the world, lost 0: 2 and 2: 4 in the first set, 0: 3 in the second set, but in both cases she turned the tide. You have won Russia, which is fifty places higher in the rankings, in an hour and a half.
“I remembered some previous games where I didn’t get off to a good start either. I thought to myself, keep calm, it’s just a break, which isn’t too bad. I know anything can happen in tennis and I have to forcing my opponent to fought for every ball, “Fruhvirtová said in an interview on the pitch.
He was playing his second career quarter-final in Chennai and will be fighting to reach the final for the first time on Saturday. His opponent in the semifinals will be Argentina’s Nadia Podoroská, currently ranked 298th in the world, but Roland Garros 2020 semifinalist.
“It will be a battle, she is an excellent tennis player. Anything is possible. I will focus on myself and if you continue to support me I can do it,” Fruhvirtova told the Indian fans who cheered her in today’s duel with Gračeva.
Chennai Women’s Tennis Tournament (hard surface, $ 251,750 endowment):
Singles – quarter-finals: L. Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic) – Gračevová (2-Rus.) 6: 4, 6: 3, Podoroská (Arg.) – Bouchardová (Can.) 1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2.
–
