World No. 1 Iga Sviatek advanced to the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Ostrava after defeating Katie McNally (151 WTA) on Friday.
The qualifier answered the main favorite quite well, she managed to break in each set, but the Pole better handled the important moments of the game and won after an hour and 53 minutes of play with a score of 6-4. , 6-4.
Svyatek will fight for a place in the finals of the competition in the Czech Republic with the winner of the match between the Czech Tereza Martinsova (78 WTA) and the Russian Kateryna Aleksandrova (21 WTA).
Also on Friday, American Alicia Parks (144 WTA, eliminated Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari) was defeated by Barbora Krejcikova (23 WTA), score 7-6(7), 6-3.
The Agel Open in Ostrava takes place from October 3 to 9, is played on closed hard, has a total prize money of $757,900 and is part of the WTA 500 category. The champion of the title is Anette Kontaveit, and the main favorite this year is Iga Swiatek, the world leader.
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The world No. 1 defeated McNally, 6-4, 6-4!#OstravaOpen pic.twitter.com/Qd6IB0gEjo
— wta (@WTA) October 7, 2022
Source: Hot News RO
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