WTA Seoul: Raducanu has to retire, Ostapenko in the final
Yelena Ostapenko has a chance tomorrow to win the Seoul WTA Tour 250 tournament for the second time after 2017. Semi-final opponent Emma Raducanu had to give up in the third set.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Sep 24, 2022, 03:09 pm
Seoul and Jelena Ostapenko seem to fit quite well. In 2017, the Latvian came to the South Korean capital as the reigning French Open winner and was able to win her second WTA title there. Five years later, the next one could come tomorrow. It would be the sixth overall in Ostapenko's career, who also started as number one in Seoul.
Ostapenko had to deal with Emma Raducanu in the semifinals. The Briton also won her first title at a major. And showed her best side in Seoul under the guidance of coach Dmitry Tursunov. So initially against Ostapenko. Raducanu made up from a 2-0 deficit, won the first set 6-4 and also led 2-1 with a break in the second set.
Ostapenko vs Alexandrova
After that, the 2021 US Open winner got more and more physical problems, with the score of 4: 6, 6: 3 and 3: 0 Raducanu had to give up. Official reason for leaving: pain in the right gluteus. Ekaterina Alexandrova is now waiting for Ostaoenko in the final on Sunday. The Russian had no problems with Tatjana Maria in the 6: 2 and 6: 4 against Tatjana Maria.
In the Tokyo final, which is a 500 tournament in contrast to Seoul, Quinwen Zheng and Liudmilla Samsonova meet. Zheng defeated Veronika Kudermetova 5:7, 6:3 and 7:6 (3) and is in a final on the WTA tour for the first time. Samsonona won against Shuai Zhang 7:6 (4) and 6:2.