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reAmerican tennis player Sofia Kenin can crown her rise to the top of the world with her second Grand Slam title this year. After Thursday’s 6: 4, 7: 5 in the semifinals against two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, the Australian Open winner is the favorite in the final.
Anything but a world number six hit on Saturday in Paris would be a sensation. Kenin will play the final against Polish outsider Iga Swiatek. The world ranking 54. finished the Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6: 2, 6: 1 in the surprise semifinal. This made Swiatek the first Polish finalist at the French Open in the professional era since 1968.
Polish President applauds on Twitter
“I am a bit surprised. I never thought I would reach the final. A dream has come true, ”he said. The 19-year-old, surprisingly dominant in her previous six games in Paris and still not losing a set, also delighted Poland’s President Andrzej Duda with her streak of successes. “Crazy! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo,” Duda wrote on Twitter. He thanks her for representing the country in such a beautiful way.
The 21-year-old Kenin had celebrated his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in Melbourne earlier in the year, when the tennis scene had not yet been rocked by the coronavirus crisis. In Paris, 2019 Australian winner Ashleigh Barty was missing due to the pandemic. Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who won the US Open after a month off from the tournament, had to cancel due to injury. Romanian co-favorite Simona Halep unexpectedly had no chance against Swiatek in the round of 16.
Kvitova had finished Swabian Laura Siegemund’s most successful individual Grand Slam tournament to date in the quarterfinals, but the Czech did not reach her peak in the semi-finals. Kenin quickly led 4-1 in the first set and continued to play consistently and uncompromisingly, even after Kvitova rose to 4-3. In the second set, the young American showed nervousness when she had to accept the 5: 5 again after a 5: 3, but then she could not be dissuaded from her victory in two sets.
