WTA St. Petersburg: Tournament favorite Maria Sakkari still in the running
MariaSakkar i has reached the semi-finals of the WTA Tour 500 tournament in St. Petersburg with a two-set win. There the Greek meets Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania.
by tennisnet.com
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Feb 11, 2022, 04:39 pm
Sakkari needed 2:07 hours to beat Elise Mertens 7: 6 (7) and 6: 2. The Greek, who was seeded in first place, had to fend off three set balls from her opponent. Sakkari is seeded at number one in St. Petersburg. In 2020 she reached the quarter-finals in St. Petersburg, losing to Sakkari Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
In the semi-finals on Saturday, a surprise awaits number one in Irina-Camelia Begu. Begu, who didn't give Petra Kvitova a chance on Thursday, beat Tereza Martincova 6:4 and 6:2 in the quarterfinals.
Jelena Ostapenko will fight for the remaining two places in the semifinals against Aliaksandra Sasnovich and in the last match of the day Belinda Bencic against Anett Kontaveit, who is second seeded.