Croatia’s Donna Vekic needed to play twice on Saturday however didn’t drop a set as she cruised into the German Open last with a 6-4 7-6(8) victory over world quantity eight Maria Sakkari of Greece.
The 26-year-old had first overwhelmed fortunate loser Elina Avanesyan in straight units of their quarterfinal on Saturday morning after play was cancelled attributable to heavy rain on Friday.
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Armed along with her thundering forehand, the World No. 23 bagged the primary set courtesy of an early break after which reeled within the sixth seed after Sakkari took a fast 2-0 lead within the second to drive a tiebreak.
Vekic made it two wins from her Saturday matches on her fourth match level with one other forehand winner flying previous her opponent, who additionally needed to play twice in a day, having earlier overwhelmed Marketa Vondrousova in her last-eight match.
Sakkari has now misplaced all 5 of her semifinals this season. Vekic will face both Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova or Czech Petra Kvitova in Sunday’s last.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com