The American will fight for the title in Nottingham. Busy Sunday awaits the Brazilian

American Alison Riske and Switzerland’s Victoria Golubic played three hundred matches at the WTA 250 Championships in Nottingham. Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maya will participate in the singles and doubles finals.

PAP / EPA / MARTIN DIVISEK / Pictured: Alison Riske

Alison Riske (WTA 40) is back in good shape after a foot injury she faced in the early part of last season. At the end of 2021, she won the championship in Linz. In January 2022, she succeeded in the final in Adelaide.

Now he is in the final in Nottingham with a 6-3, 4:6, 6-3 victory over Victoria Golubic (WTA 55).

In the match that lasted 2 hours 23 minutes, Golubić used five of his 14 break points. Riske traded seven out of 12 breakout chances. The American scored another nine points (98-89) and advanced 2-1 in the matches against Switzerland.

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Beatrice Haddad Maya (WTA 48) was leading 6-3, 4-1 when Teresa Martinkova (WTA 60) scratched. And eliminated the Czech Magda Linnett in the second round. She was unable to continue the match with the Brazilian due to an injury to her right knee.

Haddad sent out the Greek seed Maria Skari in the quarter-finals. The Brazilian qualified for the second singles final on the WTA Tour. In 2017, in Seoul, she lost to the Latvian Yelena Ostapenko.

Risk reached the final in Nottingham for the second time. In 2016, she surrendered to the Czech Karolina Pliskova. He will fight for his second title on turf (Den Bosch 2019). The American can boast of a Grand Slam quarter-final once. She achieved it at Wimbledon 2019. On Saturday, she will play in Final 13 of the WTA Tour (balance 3-9).

Mourning Maya and Risky are facing each other for the first time. A busy Sunday awaits the Brazilian, because she will also play in the doubles final. Her partner is a Chinese woman, Shuai Zhang. They will meet American Caroline Dollhead and Romanian Monica Niculescu.

Rothesay Open Nottingham, Nottingham (UK)
WTA 250, grass field, total prize money of 251.7 thousand. dollar
Saturday 11 June

Singles semi-finals:

Alison Riske (USA, 6) Victoria Golubic (Switzerland) won 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Beatriz Haddad Maya (Brazil, 7) – Teresa Martinkova (Czech) 6-3, 4-1, retired.

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