• Pera, who won the Budapest tournament last week, defeated Czech Katerina Sinjakova (WTA 96) 6:3, 6:1. going on an impressive 20-match unbeaten streak.
• On Friday, in the semi-finals of the tournament, Pera will face Ukrainian Marina Zanevska (WTA 72nd), who defeated Belarusian Alyaksandra Sasnovich (WTA 35th) 6:4, 7:5.
• In the second semi-final match, Kontaveita will test the Russian Anastasija Potapova (WTA 63rd), who unexpectedly convincingly (6:1, 6:3) coped with the opposition of Hamburg’s third-ranked Czech Barbora Krejčikova (WTA 19th) in just 72 minutes.
• On the other hand, Kontaveita herself took the lead in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:0, 2:0, when the German veteran Andrea Petkovic (WTA 67) withdrew from the remaining match due to an injury.
Hamburg “European Open” quarterfinals
| The game | The result |
|---|---|
| Anete Kontaveita [1.] – Andrea Petković [8.] | 6:0; 2:0 – dropped out |
| Barbora Krejčikova [3.] – Anastasia Potapova | 1:6; 3:6 |
| Marina Zanevska [7.] – Aleksandra Sasnovich [4.] | 6:4; 7:5 |
| Bernard Pera – Katerina Sinjakova | 6:3; 6:1 |
• In an analogous tournament in Palermo, the remaining three pairs of the quarterfinals were determined on Thursday. The most surprising result was achieved by the 19-year-old Frenchwoman Diane Paris (WTA 86th), defeating (6:4, 6:3) the second seeded Russian Julia Putintseva (WTA 39th) representing Kazakhstan in Italy.
• In the quarter-finals in Paris, Romanian Irina Bega (WTA 45,.) will look to surprise, who defeated (1:6, 6:2 and 6:4) another French tennis player Ocean Doden (WTA 77), not without difficulties.
Palermo “Ladies Open” quarter-finals (July 22)
| The game | |
|---|---|
| Lucia Bronzetti – Caroline Garcia [5.] | |
| Yasmîne Paolini – Nuria Parisas-Diaz [8.] | |
| Anna Binder [7.] – Sara Soribes Tormo [4.] | |
| Irina Begu [6.] – Diane Paris |
Used sources:
https://www.wtatennis.com/tournamen…
https://www.wtatennis.com/tournamen…
