WTA Cincinnati: Jil Teichmann surprised favorite Karolina Pliskova
At the WTA Tour 1000 event in Cincinnati, Jil Teichman is in the final after defeating Karolina Pliskova.
by tennisnet.com
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Aug 21, 2021, 11:31 pm
The quasi sensational run by Jil Teichmann at the hard court event in Cincinnati goes into the final. After a convincing 6: 2, -6: 4 win against Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic, who was five seeded at the WTA 1000 tournament, the Swiss player is in the final and meets the top seeded Australian Ashleigh Barty, who will be in the first semi-final of the day German Angelique Kerber was withdrawn from the race.
The Confederate, who is in world rankings 76, took set one by means of two breaks to lead them 3: 2 and 5: 2 respectively. Round number two was much more fiercely contested - from the middle of the set onwards, every service game between the two players went beyond debut. At the end of the day, the third break in the second set to lead Teichmann 5: 4 was the decisive one. She then used her second match point
Teichmann had already shown her very best side in the previous rounds. On her hit list in the US state of Ohio were calibers like Naomi Osaka or the gold medal winner at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, compatriot Belinda Bencic. For the 24-year-old, who was born in Barcelona, it will be her first participation in the final of a WTA Tour 1000 tournament in her career. In 2019 she won two tournaments at 250cc events in Prague and Palermo.