Portoroz (Slovenia), Sep 19 (Ians) Katerina Siniakova prevailed in one of the longest finals of the year to claim the Portoroz title here on Sunday, toppling reigning Wimbledon champion and No.3 seed Elena Rybakina 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-4.
Siniakova of the Czech Republic took 3 hours and 6 minutes to squeak past Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, fighting back from a set and a break down to claim her third career singles title.
It is Siniakova’s first singles title in five years. She won her previous two singles crowns in 2017, at Shenzhen and Bastad.
The clash was the second-longest final of the 2022 season thus far, trailing only Angelique Kerber’s 3-hour and 16-minute, 7-6(5), 6-7(0), 7-6(5) victory over Kaja Juvan in the Strasbourg final in May.
As usual, it has been a standout year for Siniakova in doubles. Siniakova reclaimed the World No.1 ranking just this week after she and Barbora Krejcikova completed the Career...
Siniakova of the Czech Republic took 3 hours and 6 minutes to squeak past Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, fighting back from a set and a break down to claim her third career singles title.
It is Siniakova’s first singles title in five years. She won her previous two singles crowns in 2017, at Shenzhen and Bastad.
The clash was the second-longest final of the 2022 season thus far, trailing only Angelique Kerber’s 3-hour and 16-minute, 7-6(5), 6-7(0), 7-6(5) victory over Kaja Juvan in the Strasbourg final in May.
As usual, it has been a standout year for Siniakova in doubles. Siniakova reclaimed the World No.1 ranking just this week after she and Barbora Krejcikova completed the Career...
- 9/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Paris, June 7 (Ians) No.21 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Sunday created a massive upset as she defeated three-time champion and seventh seed Serena Williams of the USA 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round and entered the quarterfinals of the French Open.
Elena stunned the 23-time Grand Slam champion in one hour and 17-minute. The Kazakh was playing in her first ever round-of-16 match in a Grand Slam tournament and her 64th.
Elena converted five of her seven break points, besides winning nearly 60 per cent of points returning the Serena's second service.
Elena will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals.
Anastasia, 29, fought back from a set down to beat No.15 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and enter the quarterfinals, 10 years after her maiden French Open quarterfinal appearance, in 2011. This is the seventh Grand Slam quarterfinal for Anastasia, and her first outside Australia in five years.
Meanwhile,...
Elena stunned the 23-time Grand Slam champion in one hour and 17-minute. The Kazakh was playing in her first ever round-of-16 match in a Grand Slam tournament and her 64th.
Elena converted five of her seven break points, besides winning nearly 60 per cent of points returning the Serena's second service.
Elena will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals.
Anastasia, 29, fought back from a set down to beat No.15 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and enter the quarterfinals, 10 years after her maiden French Open quarterfinal appearance, in 2011. This is the seventh Grand Slam quarterfinal for Anastasia, and her first outside Australia in five years.
Meanwhile,...
- 6/6/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Paris, June 6 (Ians) Slovenia's world No. 85 Tamara Zidansek's dream run at the French Open continued as he delivered a masterful performance to beat a higher-ranked Romanian Sorana Cirstea 7-6(4), 6-1 and move into her first Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday.
Tamara will meet Paula Badosa of Spain in the quarterfinals. World No.35 Paula defeated Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Tamara, 23, also became the first Slovenian player to enter the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event since the country attained independence in 1991.
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29, fought back from a set down to beat No.15 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and enter the quarter-finals 10 years after her maiden French Open quarter-final appearance, in 2011.
This is the seventh Grand Slam quarter-final for Anastasia, and her first outside Australia in five years.
Anastasia will meet the winner of the pre-quarterfinal match between No.7 seed American Serena Williams and No.
Tamara will meet Paula Badosa of Spain in the quarterfinals. World No.35 Paula defeated Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Tamara, 23, also became the first Slovenian player to enter the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event since the country attained independence in 1991.
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 29, fought back from a set down to beat No.15 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and enter the quarter-finals 10 years after her maiden French Open quarter-final appearance, in 2011.
This is the seventh Grand Slam quarter-final for Anastasia, and her first outside Australia in five years.
Anastasia will meet the winner of the pre-quarterfinal match between No.7 seed American Serena Williams and No.
- 6/6/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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