Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, world number five and second seed, and Czech Linda Noskova qualified for the final of the women’s tournament in Adelaide (Australia) after defeating Romanian Irina Camelia Bego and Tunisian Anas Jabeur in the semi-finals, respectively.
Sabalenka, who will play her final number 19, beat Begu by power in two sets, 6-3 and 6-2, in one hour and eighteen minutes of play, in a match that began to excel in the sixth game of the set. Initial and in the next when he strengthened the break after returning from 0-40.
The Belarusian, who lost to Peugeot in their only previous meeting, will attempt to win her 11th career title and first since 2021. This is her second consecutive final after reaching the final at the WTA Finals last November, in which she lost to France’s Caroline Garcia.
Noskova, 102nd in the world rankings, stunned Jabeur, the second seed and top seed in Adelaide, by aborting her reaction to win the match 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in nearly two hours (h46).
The 18-year-old Czech, who saved a match point in the quarter-finals against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, was not afraid of Jabir’s return and was confirmed as a big revelation for the tournament that started in the previous stage.
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