2023-05-05 01:49:29
MUTUA MADRID OPEN
The semifinalist couples face each other for the two places in the final on Sunday
The four best couples in the women’s doubles draw reach the final stretch of the tournament. Today they are played the two semifinals, from which the finalists will compete for the title on Sunday at the Manolo Santana stadium. Both meetings give rise to two unprecedented face to face.
The first of them faces the Americans Coco Gauff y Jessica Pegula with the ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and the romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse. The first, the main seeds of the tournament and both among the ten best rackets in the world at an individual level, face the penultimate round as great favorites.
On their way, They have eliminated the two current champions. She beat the Mexican Giuliana Olmos in the round of 16 (now accompanied by the Russian Alexandra Panova) and the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski in the quarterfinals (along with the Brazilian Luisa Stefani). In front of them they have some brand new semifinalists in the past Australian Open. Kostyuk and Ruse have reached the super tie break of the third set in the two games they have played –their rivals in the round of 16 withdrew– and have emerged victorious, which shows their superiority in moments of maximum pressure and equality.
In the second semifinal the faces are seen Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia ante Leylah Fernandez y Taylor Townsend. The Belarusian and the Brazilian accumulate five Grand Slam doubles finals separately and reach this round after having left third seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs, as well as the Spanish Paula Badosa (and Mattek- sands). On the other side of the net will be the Canadian Fernandez and the American Townsend. After being finalists at the WTA 1,000 in Miami in March, they have maintained their level and have not dropped a single set throughout the tournament.
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