Image: BARBARA GINDL (APA)
The Russian, seeded number two, prevailed on Saturday in the semi-finals of the “Upper Austria Ladies” after a battle of nerves over 3:10 hours after falling behind against Croatian Donna Vekic (3). With 5:7,7:6(4),7:6(6), Alexandrowa made it to the final in Linz for the second time after six years on Sunday (2 p.m./ORF Sport +).
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In this she will face either the top-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko or the unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyutschenkowa. The semifinals demanded everything from the four-time WTA tournament winner. “I was so tired and nervous at the end, I actually just played in a trance,” said Alexandrova.
In the duel between two players who failed in the first round at the Australian Open, the game recorded no fewer than eleven service losses – almost evenly distributed. Vekic won the first set after a break at the ideal time (6:5). Alexandrova, who had eliminated defending champion Anastasia Potapova in the quarterfinals, made it 1-1 in sets via a tiebreak after a real break orgy in the second set.
Confidence in one’s own serve did not return in the deciding set, but the game, which was rarely of a high quality, remained hotly contested. It went to the tiebreak again, in which Vekic gave up a 5-1 lead and was completely frustrated as Alexandrowa used the second match point.
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