Tennis player Petra Kvitová advances to the quarter-finals at the tournament in Cincinnati. In the third round, she defeated world number five Uns Jabirova of Tunisia 6:1, 4:6, 6:0.
For her third semifinal appearance in Cincinnati, she will play Ajla Tomljaovicova of Australia, who beat Russia’s Veronika Kuděrmětova 3:6, 7:6 and 6:3. She will face Kvitova for the first time.
The 32-year-old Kvitova entered her fifth match against Dabirova confidently and quickly took a 5-0 lead. He only lost twelve on his serve and also didn’t give his opponent a chance to come back. It wasn’t until the game on the pitch that the Tunisian even got two break points, but Kvitová reversed both and converted the first set point.
Early in the second set, the Czech lost her serve for the first time. Although he was able to equalize at 4:4, he was unable to manage the 10th game of the marathon with his serve and Džábirová forced the match to resume.
Kvitova’s loss did not break the set and she was again dominant from the start. This year’s Wimbledon finalist, Džábirová, on the other hand, has made a lot of mistakes, a total of him making 30 unforced errors in the game compared to just nine winning balls, and he has only been able to fight back in the last two games. In the end, he saved two match points and earned a break point, but Kvitová did not allow another game extension.
Džabirová avenged the loss from their last duel of the year in Sydney, and in his twelfth start in Cincinnati, he was in the quarter-finals for the fourth time.
“It was a great fight from both sides. Even though the result was obvious, there was a lot of match by match, even the last one with my serve very close. I am very happy that I managed to finish it well. the end,” said Kvitová in an on-pitch interview, who racked up even 43 faults on his own, but balanced them with 31 winning balls.
Raducanu finished
For defending US Open champion Emma Raducanu, preparations for defending her title from the New York Grand Slam at the Cincinnati tournament in the third round are over. The 19-year-old Briton, who was knocked out in the opening round last week in Toronto, lost her match to advance to the quarter-finals to American Jessica Pegula 5:7, 4:6.
Despite being eliminated early, Raducanu is satisfied with his preparations for the US Open. In the first round, she won the scalp of the farewell legend Serena Williams, in the second she defeated another former world number one, Viktoria Azarenkova. He really appreciates that he plays three games in one week.
“I played the first and second rounds two days in a row, it was pretty fast. It’s difficult for me to stay focused, keep going and repeat the performance. I honestly don’t have much experience with it. because I’ve never had a consistent week with so many matches in a row,” said the Briton, who last year became the first player in history to qualify for the title at the US Open.
Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard Court):
Men (subsidized $6,971,275):
Single – 3rd Round: Medvedev (1-Russia) – Shapovalov (Canada) 7:5, 7:5, Tsitsipas (4-Greece) – Schwartzman (13-Arg.) 6:3, 6:3, Fritz (11-USA) – Rublyov ( 6-Russia) 6:7 (4:7), 6:2, 7:5, Coric (Croatia) – Bautista (15-Spanish) 6:2, 6:3, Alcaraz (3- Sp. ) – ilič (14-Croatian) 7:6 (7:4), 6:1, Auger-Aliassime (7-Can.) – Sinner (10-It.) 2:6, 7:6 (7:1) , 6:1, Norrie (9-United Kingdom) – Shelton (USA) 6:0, 6:2, Isner – Korda (both USA) 7:6 (7:3), 1:6, 7:6 (7 : 4).
Women (subsidized $2,527,250):
Singles – 3rd Round: Kvitova (CZ) – Džábirová (5-Tun.) 6:1, 4:6, 6:0, Rybakinová (Kaz.) – Riskeová (USA) 6:2, 6:4, Keysová (USA) – wiateková (1- Pol.) 6:3, 6:4, Zhang Shuai (China) – Kontaveitová (2-Est.) 2:6, 6:4, 6:4, Garcia (Fr.) – Mertensová (Belg.) 6:4 , 7:5, Sabalenková (6-Bel.) – Rogersová (USA) 6:3, 6:7 (2:7), 6:4, Pegulaová (7-USA) – Raducanuová (10-United Kingdom) 7: 5, 6:4, Tomljanovicová (Aust.) – Kuděrmětová 3:6, 7:6 (7:4), 6:3.
Doubles – 2nd Round: L. Kičenová, Ostapenko (7-Ukr./Lot.) – Mirzaová, Hradecka (India/Czech Republic) 6:2, 6:4.
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