The Olympic champions and those who were the best pair of the season, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, prevailed in straight sets against Su-Wei Hsieh and Elise Mertens, and thus conquered their second victory of the tournament to assault the leadership of their group in the AKRON WTA Finals.
In a game that practically brought together the current four best doubles of the planet, Barbora and Katerina They were the ones who imposed the rhythm of the game and dominated from start to finish, conquering the victory with partials of 6-3 and 6-1.
Both pairs had just won their first match of the tournament and promised a close match on the Akron Tennis Stadium court. However, the Czech tennis players demonstrated why they are the best pair of 2021 and conquered the victory without major problem to become leaders of Group El Tajin with an undefeated record of two games won.
In this way, Barbora and Katerina have already a foot and a half inside the Semifinals; While Su-Wei Hsieh and Elise Mertens will have to wait until Monday to look for their pass to the next round, when they meet the pair formed by the Mexican Giuliana Olmos and the Canadian Sharon Fichman.
JL
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