In the shadow of the very tough WTA 500 in Berlin, the WTA 250 de Birmingham continues. And the poster for the final is known. It is rather surprising since it will oppose the revenant Ajla Tomljanovic Kazakh style Yulia Putintseva. The expected player was more Barbora Krejcikova. The Czech, injured in her back at the end of February, was unable to achieve a victory on clay. On grass, the former number 2 is doing better but it was not enough to reach the last four. Given that last year, the winner of Roland-Garros 2021 had reached the final Birminghamshe will still lose a little more than 100 points in the ranking and fall out of the Top 30 on Monday.
Wimbledon 2024, to follow from July 1 to 14
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Winning return for Tomljanovic?
Between a 9-month absence due to a knee injury, then a further absence from the field since the end of January, Ajla Tomljanovic has played very little in recent months. Returned to Parma Challenger on May 13, she didn’t really convince, and won only three matches before arriving at Birmingham. But the Australian lives again in England. On Saturday she released Ana Potapova to reach his first final since 2019. Success 7-6(5), 6-4. The 31-year-old is one step away from winning her first career WTA title. Unlikely. 190th in the world, she is guaranteed to climb to 135th place on Monday (116th in the event of a title). She will challenge Yulia Putintsevaeasy winner ofElisabetta Cocciaretto (6-2, 6-2).
2024-06-22 16:43:00
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