Siniaková relives after his US Open triumph! You have won twice in Portorož today and are in the final

Kateřina Siniaková six days ago at the US Open she completed her career Grand Slam alongside Barbora Krejčíková and looks to be starting to do well in singles too. The 26-year-old Czech hasn’t lost a set in Portoroz en route to her second WTA quarter-final in the last year, and she has even reached her first semifinal and final at this level in more than a year.

The Hradec Králové native was supposed to start the quarter-final match yesterday, but the rain hasn’t allowed her to enter the field until today. After more than two and a half hours of fighting, the world number one in doubles overwhelmed the defending champion 6-2 3-6 7-6 (5) Jasmine Paoliniovou. She complicated the process on her own when she lost a 3-0 lead in the deciding set. The match eventually reached a tiebreak, in which he eliminated the 2-4 and 3-5 disadvantage.

A winning ROAR️@K_Siniakova kills reigning champion Paolini in a thriller in three sets!#WTAPortoros pic.twitter.com/kH7830txA3

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After about two hours of rest, the semifinal against the qualifier began Anna-Lena Friedsamová and also handled the second game today. She defeated the German tennis player 6-1 7-5 and progressed to the WTA tournament final for the seventh time in her career. So far she has triumphed in the 2017 season in Bastad and Shenzhen.

For the 3rd title, the 26-year-old Czech will play against tournament trio and reigning Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakinová (h2h 2-4). The Kazakh beaten twice in the semifinals 6-1 Ana Bogdanova from Romania.

He will play for the doubles title in Portoroz Tereza Martincova, who, together with Ukrainian Marta Kostuková, managed Friday’s semifinal final. Alexandra Panov and Harriet Dart defeated the Russian-British duo 4-6 6-2 10-6.

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