Athletistic/Tennis. Russian Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Belarusian Alexandra Sasnovich will play in the semi-finals of the tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Who will succeed in this confrontation?
June 17. Tennis. ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Women. Simple. 1/2 finals
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – Alexandra Sasnovich (Belarus). Start – no earlier than 12:00 Moscow time.
Forecast: Victory of Alexandrova
Aleksandrova, 28, continues to show a very strong game in the Netherlands. For three matches, the Russian did not give up a single set to her rivals. Yesterday, in the quarterfinals of the tournament, Ekaterina was able to confidently beat Emina Bektash from the USA – 6: 4; 6:4. At the very beginning of the match, Alexandrova made a break and led 2-0 in matches. In addition, Ekaterina competently worked on her serve, which allowed her to calmly lead the game to victory. In the second set, already from the score 1:1 in games, tennis players exchanged breaks. With the score 4:4, Ekaterina took a very important break and then confidently laid down for the game.
Sasnovich, 29, played two matches yesterday. First, in the singles quarterfinals, Sasnovich caused a stir and defeated Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova – 7:6 (7:4); 3:1 and the subsequent rejection of Samsonova. In the first set, already from the score 0:1 in games, tennis players exchanged breaks. With the score 3:3 in the matches, Sasnovich made the second break and confidently went to serve for the match. However, when it mattered most, Alexandra wavered and allowed her rival to recover. As a result, the set turned out to be long, it ended in a tie-break, where the representative of Belarus played a little more stably, which allowed her to close the match in her favor. In the second set, Sasnovich, already with the score 2: 1 in games, took a break, and soon Samsonova refused to continue the fight due to injury.
In the evening, Sasnovich played the doubles semi-final match with Georgia’s Oksana Kalashnikova. Alexandra and Oksana lost in three sets to representatives of Slovakia Victoria Khrunchakova and Tereza Mikhalikova – 5:7; 6:4; 4:10.
Alexandra Sasnovich and Ekaterina Aleksandrova last played with each other on December 22, 2019 at the Limoges Challenger. Then Alexandrova turned out to be much stronger on hard – 6: 1; 6:3.
The bookmakers consider Alexandrova the favorite. There will be no feeling. Sasnovich won’t have time to recover properly for the upcoming encounter. The Russian woman must reach the final.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
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