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The 22-year-old made it to the final of the Linz WTA tennis tournament on Saturday, displacing American superstar Serena Williams from the elite circle. After her 7: 5.4: 6.6: 3 victory in the semifinals against Czech Barbora Krejcikova, Sabalenka received a cake from the tournament officials. The final opponent is the Belgian Elise Mertens.
The tournament’s number two was also busy for three sets before that, defeating Russia’s Yekaterina Alexandrowa (4) 2: 6.6: 1.7: 5. Sabalenka will play on Sunday (3pm, ORF Sport + live) for her eighth title. in the WTA or third overall this year after Doha in late February and Ostrava three weeks ago. Sabalenka’s personal record is ninth. Mertens, 24, plays like number 21 in the world. for her first WTA title this year or her sixth overall. In the head-to-head, he is 2: 3 behind.
The two are also current double partners, in Ostrava they won the title together. In the Upper Austrian Ladies, however, they were not there in doubles and eventually concentrated successfully on their singles matches. Czech seeds Lucie Hradecka / Katerina Siniakova will contest the doubles final against Aranxta Rus from the Netherlands and Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia.
