Berlin: Svitolina wins supplementary final against Kvitova
Elina Svitolina won the first part of bett1Aces in Berlin in the final against Petra Kvitova . The final, which was originally intended for lawn, was held on hard court.
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last edit: Jul 17, 2020, 03:15 pm
For two days, the participants in the two-part exhibition fight tournament in Berlin could now train at Tempelhof Airport in the purpose-built court in Hangar 6 - on Friday, points were finally played. On the part of women, initially by Petra Kvitova and Elina Svitolina, who should have contested the final on grass on Wednesday. Bad weather had made the event at LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin impossible, but the hard court in hangar 6 is covered.
Kvitova won the first set 6: 2, Svitolina immediately struck back 6: 1. A champions tie-break had to make the decision. There the Ukrainian prevailed with 10: 5. The winner ended with an ace.
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For the "actual" tournament on the hard court at the airport, Svitolina and Kvitova are each in the semi-finals. The Czech meets either Kiki Bertens or Anastasija Sevastova, Svitolina either Andrea Petkovic or Alexandra Vecic.
In the first match of the day, the men Jannik Sinner qualified with 6: 3 and 7: 6 (3) against Karen Khachanov for tomorrow's semifinals. The 18-year-old Italian meets Roberto Bautista Agut there. Dominc Thiem, who was the number one winner, also has a fixture in the semi-finals. Thiem, whose final against Matteo Berrettini came on Wednesday very late, is waiting for the winner of the game between Tommy Haas and Jan-Lennard Struff.