WTA Berlin: Bencic and Cornet after marathons in the semifinals
Belinda Bencic and Alizé Cornet were the first players to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour 500 tournament in Berlin. Both women had to go over a tiebreak in the third set.
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last edit: Jun 18, 2021, 04:50 pm
Garbine Muguruza's famous catch-up race after trailing 1: 6 in the tie-break of the third set was almost crowned with success. The Spaniard had just fended off four match points, and Muguruza also dominated the rally when the score was 5: 6. The attempt to stop the Wimbledon winner from 2017 got stuck in the network, however, Cornet, who had also fended off a match point at 4: 5, moved to the semifinals at the WTA after the 4: 6, 6: 3 and 7: 6 (5) Tour 500 tournament in Berlin.
There the French meets Belinda Bencic. The woman from Switzerland also had to go the full distance against Ekaterina Alexandrova, finally prevailing 6: 4, 4: 6 and 7: 6 (4).
The other two semi-finalists will be determined in the games between Madison Keys and Ludmilla Samsonova and Jessica Pegula against Victoria Azarenka.
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