Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Czech Petra Kvitova have each gained two matches in a day to arrange the ultimate of the German Open in Berlin.
Vekic didn’t drop a set as she cruised into the grass-court ultimate on Saturday with a 6-4 7-6 (10-8) victory over Greek world No.8 Maria Sakkari.
The 26-year-old had first overwhelmed fortunate loser Elina Avanesyan in straight units of their quarter-final on Saturday morning after play was cancelled because of heavy rain on Friday.
She will face two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova in Sunday’s ultimate after the Czech eased previous Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-4 in what was her second match of the day as nicely.
The 33-year-old Kvitova had earlier overwhelmed Caroline Garcia of France for her first top-10 win on grass since she beat Maria Sharapova within the 2011 Wimbledon ultimate
Armed along with her thundering forehand, world quantity 23 Vekic 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 pressure 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 had earlier overwhelmed Marketa Vondrousova in her last-eight match.
Sakkari has now misplaced all 5 of her semi-finals this season.
Kvitova will bid for a second title of the season after successful in Miami earlier than occurring to her blissful searching floor at Wimbledon.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
